The Dealer and the Dead - Hardcover

Gerald Seymour

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 034091890X ISBN 13: 9780340918906

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

Gerald Seymour was a reporter at ITN for fifteen years. He covered events in Vietnam, Borneo, Aden, the Munich Olympics, Israel and Northern Ireland. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. Seymour's first novel was the acclaimed thriller Harry's Game, set in Belfast, and since then six of his thrillers have been filmed for television in the UK and US. THE DEALER AND THE DEAD is Seymour's twenty-seventh novel.

Review:

A dense, intensely satisfying thriller from one of the modern masters of the craft, Seymour's latest novel will remind the world just how phenomenally accomplished a thriller writer he is. * Daily Mail on THE COLLABORATOR * In a class of his own * The Times on THE WAITING TIME * A tense thriller. * Choice * The Dealer and the Dead displays his usual ability to concoct a tightly controlled plot that is cleverly engineered . . . steadily crafted into a compelling tale . . . Another first-class thriller from the always reliable Seymour. * Canberra Times * 'In a day when shop-worn plots in the disguise of well-written books are doing the rounds, The Dealer and the Dead comes as a refreshing, breathtaking story that keeps you gripped right till the very end. * Indian Express * riveting stuff * Manly Daily * [Seymour's] meticulous research shines through in his latest thriller. * Oxford Times * The final scenes are brilliantly orchestrated by Seymour, the sustained tension becoming almost unbearable . . . Without doubt, The Dealer and the Dead is one of the finest thrillers to be published so far this year. * Yorkshire Evening Post * [Seymour's latest story] doesn't disappoint * Oxford Mail * With Seymour, not only do you get a cracking story deftly gold, but you also feel you are learning something. * Birmingham Press * 'Discerning thriller readers can safely say that the best practitioner currently working in the UK is the veteran Seymour. He is, quite simply, the most intelligent and accomplished in the current field . . . Here, we have a typically compromised Seymour anti-hero, a masterfully organised globe-spanning narrative and a mass of highly persuasive detail. The Dealer and the Dead is Seymour firing on all cylinders, and his rivals need, once again, to look to their laurels. * Barry Forshaw * Crisp, taut and contemporary, by a stylish writer. * Rachel Redford, the Observer * Seymour [is] incapable of creating a two-dimensional character . . . The ending is brilliantly orchestrated. * The Times *

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 034091890X
• ISBN 13: 9780340918906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1