Steel Rain

by Tom Neale

Death stalks the streets of London - a dynamite thriller from a fresh new voice Special Agent Vincent Piper is an FBI Field Officer based in London. Any crime involving Americans is his business. He's estranged from his wife and he loves his only daughter Martha, but she is drifting away from him. A terrorist bomb goes off in Barnes & Noble bookshop in Charing Cross road and as Vincent surveys the carnage, he starts to weep. He had arranged to meet Martha in the bookshop. She dies in his arms. Vincent vows revenge and relentlessly pursues all the leads he can find on active anti-capitalist groups. But what he discovers is even more shocking than his daughters' death...

Genres: Thriller

Paperback

First published April 4, 2005

About the author

Pseudonym of Robert Ryan

Reviews

[Simon]

Sorry a drab, slow, lacking ummph of any sort, one to recycle.

[Brian Grouhel]

This is another good reason to pick up a book from an unfamiliar author and then find that you have just enjoyed the heck out of it! The story starts with FBI agent Vincent Piper currently stationed in London on his way to meet his daughter near a bookstore. He is a little late, just a couple minutes away when he hears a familiar sound. One from countless training scenarios, the sound of a bomb exploding. Rushing to the scene he finds his daughter badly injured and with the help of a bystander rushes her to hospital where there is nothing they can do for her. Piper vows revenge and puts his many skills to work trying to track down the parties responsible. This story moves very quickly and is one that will not be easy to put down for long. Piper follows lead after lead in a fairly straight forward manner right up until everything goes sideways!

[Sadie Lewis]

Great easy read thriller.

[Billy Lockhart]

Good read.Interesting twist at the end.Did not see that coming.

[Brendon Baker]

Great story. Don't like the writing style. Seems to switch between tenses and times unexpectedly

[P.D.R. Lindsay]

Now this is what a thriller should be. Tight writing, fast pace, a twisty tricky plot and a writer who knows how to keep a reader guessing.

The FBI in London, bombs, strange murders and lots of red herrings.
Nothing is what it seems and any reader of thrillers who needs an exciting read will enjoy this novel. I recommend it for those tiresome long flights or when you have long waits like the hospital or doctors.

And writers who wish to learn how to write a thriller should put this novel on their study list.

[Natalie]

Definitely a fast paced book! Almost too fast paced, because I felt like it was hard to really get to know any of the characters or the story itself. While the story premise was interesting enough and I *did* like it, I felt as though it didn't live up to the possible potential. This should have been a heart stopping thriller, but as it is, it lacked depth.

[Pauline]

An average read.

[Terasa]

did not capture my attention at all