When a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda threaten to target London with a nuclear device, three people, with separate agendas, are thrown together in a scary countdown to a world crisis. Jake Armstrong, investigating an art theft, wants to know who’s got his wife’s heart. She died after being caught up in a terrorist explosion and he agreed to her heart being donated. Becky Rackley, an MI5 agent, received a new heart after rheumatic fever rendered her own heart useless. She meets Jake at a party and comes away believing she’s the recipient of his wife’s heart—as does Jake, but neither have discussed it. Grigoriy Nabutov, head of the largest Russian organised crime group, plans the heist of a futurist Russian painting. It fails, and he’s forced to bargain with Chechen terrorists seeking high-enriched uranium. A world catastrophe looms, London’s evacuated and Jake stares death in the face.
I'm a crime writer. I write about people involved in sinister deeds like murder, extortion and retribution.
I've worked in a seaside arcade, as a record salesman, a decorator, a merchant banker, a marine and a retailer. I was once shot by terrorists and winched from the jungle into a helicopter and flown to hospital.
I live with my wife in Bucks.
