COLLAPSE
Surviving Is A Skill, Killing Another (HENRY CROWNE PAYING THE PRICE, a political and financial thriller series with an espionage twist. Book 1)
by Freddie P Peters
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Pub Date Jun 01 2018 | Archive Date May 09 2021
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Description
He is a secret IRA operative.
He is one of the most successful City bankers in London …
Now, he is accused of murder.
Henry Crowne's case seems decided from the very beginning. His Irish background, financial terrorist connections and City reputation inexorably tilt the scales against him until Nancy Wu, former Queen's Counsel accepts to mount his defense. Will she manage to unpick the devious manipulations of a most twisted case before the shadows of her own past swallow her down?
Collapse is a political and espionage thriller, the first book in the Henry Crowne: Paying the Price series. If you like The Big Short by Michael Lewis, The Fear Index by Robert Harris and A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks, you will enjoy the twists and turns of Freddie P Peters’ latest fast-paced thriller.
Who is Henry Crowne? Discover it now…
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
Q: So, what makes the Henry Crowne paying the price series special?
A: Henry Crowne Paying The Price books are a mix of different genres. The series had to be a combination of spy thrillers, political intrigue, financial misdeeds, all this in an international context... A fast-paced thriller with a best seller plot line,
it is designed to keep you turning the pages and guessing until the very end.
I am both a former lawyer and former banker, so on the one hand, I am very interested in world current affairs, politics and finance. On the other hand, I love a good thriller read, or mystery and suspense with a bit of Le Carré type espionage thrown in. When I decided to start writing I wanted to combine both interests in my books.
Q: What order should I read the books in?
A: Each book is written as a standalone so that you don’t need to read the one before to understand the plot. However, if you would like to read them in order, I suggest you follow the sequence below:
Collapse
Breaking Point
No Turning Back
Spy Shadows.
Q: Why should readers give these books a try?
These books will give you an unusual twist on world events, but they will also be good entertainment to read as unputdownable thrillers with unpredictable twists and turns.
Each book has reached a number one or top-10 rating on Amazon during promotions which I’m very proud of.
Q: Can you readers get a box set of the books?
A: Absolutely, books 123 in the series are now available in a generously priced offer.
As ever…Thank you for reading!
Advance Praise
If you like Frederick Forsyth or Ken Follett you'll really love this book. It's a cracking good read, a brilliant, fast moving and ever-changing plot with an ending....not telling you ! You've got to read it. You won't be able to put it down. It's the first of a trilogy. Roll on the next one.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781999981112 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
Links
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Featured Reviews
Paul V, Reviewer
This is a good story with intelligently created characters. The story is quite engaging and includes some nice twists. I'm surprised there aren't more reviews for this one. Recommended for thriller fans.
Thanks very much for the review copy!!
Steven P, Reviewer
A thriller that entails financial skulduggery, terrorism, explosions and a plot that twists and turns.
The main character, Henry Crowne, finds himself in the cross hairs of the police and the loss of his extremely successful career in high finance following a plane explosion in which his rival is killed. Crowne cuts an isolated individual it is hard to warm to yet simultaneously hard to take against .
There are some other interesting supporting characters Pole (police officer) and Nancy (neighbour and former barrister) give a little added depth to this story. There are also some interesting details about finance and art.
The final twist tied up the loose ends, a fun, easy to read thriller - 3.5 out of 5.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in response for an honest review.
Louise G, Reviewer
I read these books in the wrong order. It doesn’t matter much as they genuinely stand alone as stories but I recommend reading them in order to get the benefit of character development and relationship growth. There is enough detail in the legal aspects of the plot to keep the reader across some of the complexities of the system but this is not belaboured and the pace remains strong.
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