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The Credentials
During the period 1982-1984 I had made
a lot of friends and contacts in the Far East,
particularly in Singapore, which was the
first place I ever visited "east of Suez." My
agents and I decided it was time to head for
the big time, so I incorporated much of the
material I'd been gathering into a blockbuster
focusing on a communist Chinese spy.
The result? An auction and big money.
"Powerful thriller...a grim, tense and violent slice of the action."
--Liverpool Daily Post
This book has the happiest memories
for me, because in order to research
it I had to travel all over Taiwan,
which has since become my second
home. I tried to put all the beauty I
found there into the text, which proved
to be more than the structure could bear.
Nevertheless, this is the book I most often
take off the shelves and leaf through with nostalgia.
"Rarely a moment to pause for breath between the agonizingly
suspenseful events in a thriller worthy of its genre."
-- Publishers Weekly
By this time, I was travelling extensively while
I wrote my novels. The purchase of a laptop
computer made this much easier as I ventured
further and further afield. This book has a
sci-fi basis, with scenes in Korea and Singapore,
but it also has something to say about the likely
fate of Hong Kong under Chinese rule.
"A tale of high-powered mischief and mayhem...fast-moving and packed with thrills."
-- Today
