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Critical Angle [Hardcover]

Jo Bannister (Author)


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March 1, 1999
They've been inseparable partners ever since the day Gil Todd, a renowned British reporter, hauled a drunken Mickey Flynn out of a New York City bar and helped him become one of the world's most respected photojournalists. But their odd-couple relationship -- as well as Flynn's life -- is threatened when he gets shot covering a demonstration and a shard of bone lodges itself in his spine. Flynn faces a life of immobilising, excruciating pain.

Refusing to accept his career is over, Flynn agrees to do what may be his final shoot -- photographing a terrorist training camp run by the PLA. But is he being used as a pawn by the terrorists, or by Israeli intelligence? And who is the mysterious Sinbad, known only by the terrifying, ingenious bombs he leaves behind? It's a good thing for Mickey Flynn he's got grit, determination and Gil Todd on his side. Or is it?


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From Booklist

A photojournalist is shot while covering a story in Lebanon. His career jeopardized from the constant pain that results from his injuries, he pins his hopes on one last big story: an exclusive look at a terrorist training camp. But it turns out he's working, unwittingly, for Israeli intelligence, and only his friend and former partner, a top-flight reporter, can rescue him. First published in 1990 as Shards (a now-out-of-print Doubleday Crime Club selection), this excellent novel is as timely today as it was nearly 10 years ago, thanks to Bannister's emphasis on the visual nature of new reporting. But, finally, her story is about neither the media nor international politics; it's about a touching relationship between two friends, men who started as partners but became brothers. Neither a mystery nor a thriller but with elements of both, this unclassifiable mix of smooth storytelling and strong central characters should easily win over anyone who gives it a try. David Pitt

From Kirkus Reviews

Critical Angle ($25.00; Jul.; 224 pp.; 0-7278-2288-8): Severn House's reprint program (Unlawful Entry, 1998, etc.) continues with this non-series novel, originally published in the US as Shards (1990), in which the author of the Castlemere procedurals (Broken Lines, p. 105) takes wounded photojournalist Mickey Flynn to Israel to photograph a PLO training campand, it could be, to get used in a deeper game than he understands. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Severn House Publishers (March 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0727822888
  • ISBN-13: 978-0727822888
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,697,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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