DEADLY GAME

With all the charm of many of Michael Caine's screen roles, think The Ipcress File, and The Italian Job, and told with his trademark ironic humour, here is a novel with an old-school hero and a twisty turny plot. DCI Harry Taylor has no respect for red tape or political reputations, but he's great at catching criminals. All his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep. A metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive, it is stolen in a violent raid. With security agencies across the world on red alert, it's Harry and his unconventional team from the Met who must hit the streets in search of a lead. They soon have two wildly different suspects - aristocratic art dealer Julian Smythe in London, and oligarch Vladimir Voldrev in Barbados. But the pressure is on. How much time does Harry have, and how many more players will join the action before the missing uranium is lighting up the sky? 324 pages in elegant hardback with fairly large print.