A stunning thriller set during the Wall Street Crash of 1929 from ITN's political correspondent and acclaimed author Tom Bradby.
TOM BRADBY is a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. He has
written nine previous novels, including top-ten bestselling Secret
Service, and its two sequels, Double Agent and Triple Cross. The
Master of Rain was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association
Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year, and both The White Russian
and The God of Chaos for the CWA Historical Crime Novel of the
Year. He adapted his first novel, Shadow Dancer, into a film, the
script for which was nominated for Screenplay of the Year in the
Evening Standard Film Awards.
As a broadcaster, he is best known as the current Anchor of ITV's
News at Ten. In his first year in the job he was named Network
Presenter of the Year by the Royal Television Society. He has been
with ITN for thirty years and was successively Ireland
Correspondent, Political Correspondent, Asia Correspondent (during
which time he was shot and seriously injured whilst Covering a riot
in Jakarta), Royal Correspondent, UK Editor and Political Editor- a
job he held for a decade - before being made the Anchor of News at
Ten in 2015.
The smoky romantic notion of speakeasies and Irish beat cops...is
captured beautifully by Bradby's love of minute detail.
*News of the World*
This feisty, pacey thriller by TV news reporter turned writer Tom
Bradby has it all - nervy gangsters, crooked politicians, gutsy
cops and a sexy moll. It is also blessed with excellent timing....A
top-notch piece of crime writing
*Press Association*
Compulsively readable...Bradby makes the most of his exotic
ingredients to create a story rich in atmosphere and steeped in
intrigue
*Yorkshire Evening Post*
This story of murder stalking a group of bankers during the Wall
Street Crash of 1929 couldn't be more topical
*Peterborough Evening Telegraph*
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