Flint - Softcover

Eddy, Paul

3.33

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747264244 ISBN 13: 9780747264248

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 2001

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Paul Eddy makes his mark as an accomplished and clever writer within just a few pages. His protagonist Grace Flint is a powerfully realized heroine - a sharp and resourceful undercover cop. In the middle of an operation to capture vicious money launderer Frank Harling, things go badly wrong and Grace is at the mercy of a lethal psychotic, leaving her physically scarred. Attempting to deal with the trauma, Grace has surgery to restore her looks. She is, however, unable to dissuade her bosses from their fears that her personality has been similarly scarred.

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About the Author:

Paul Eddy has been writing investigative articles for more than 25 years, primarily for the Sunday Times. He has coauthored eight non-fiction books covering a spectrum from war to espionage, terrorism to drug-trafficking. He regularly writes for the Sunday Times magazine.

Review:

At the heart of this thriller lies an idea that is familiar to fans of the genre -that of the victim wreaking vengeance after recovering from a near fatal attack. Eddy's variant on a theme is one of the better ones, as undercover cop Grace Flint returns to the force after reconstructive surgery. She has been the victim of a vicious attack by a murderous money launderer, and has had plenty of time in recuperation to brood on her attacker's guilt. Has her personality been damaged by the course of events, both in the present and by a trauma from her childhood? Fortunately Eddy draws his central character sympathetically and convincingly, and the reader cares for the heroine as she treads through the labyrinthine and fast moving plot. As a debut novel it has a lot going for it, not least the plans of Headline to put chapter samplers in The Times and Daily Mail. Such high profile promotion of an assured work by the ex-editor of the Sunday Times Insight team, together with a good price point, should ensure that Flint strikes success.

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