The Assassin

Tom Fletcher

mrt 2024 · The Diplomat Thrillers Boek 2 · Bolinda · Verteld door Gareth Armstrong

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Having been made High Commissioner in Nairobi, Ed Barnes is keeping his head down and staying out of trouble. But when his daughter, Sophie, is kidnapped following a security crisis for which he is blamed, his attempts at normality fall apart once again. He finds himself at the heart of a complex negotiation with a dangerous Somali terrorist group, in an effort to avert a regional security crisis and free his daughter. Meanwhile, across the globe a series of political assassinations have been shaking the world of business and government. Tensions boil over when a Chinese envoy is murdered in Jordan, only days before a crucial climate change conference, sparking a diplomatic crisis and the threat of US/China confrontation. In the search for his daughter, Ed Barnes follows the trail of violence from Kenya, through the highest levels of the UN in Geneva, to the Dead Sea in Jordan. With the world on the cusp of ecological crisis, Barnes must uncover the terrible truth about the assassinations before any irreparable damage is done ...

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British diplomat, writer and campaigner Tom Fletcher, CMG, is the current principal of Hertford College, Oxford University and a visiting professor at New York University. He has served as a UK ambassador and advisor for three UK Prime Ministers, including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron, and was the British Ambassador to Lebanon from 2011 to 2015. He is now also a published crime and thriller author, having released two acclaimed titles in the Diplomat Thrillers series: The Ambassador and The Assassin. Fletcher is married to Dr Louise Fletcher, a counselling neuropsychologist, and they have two sons.

A native of Wales, Gareth has recorded hundreds of audiobooks from James Herbert to Shakespeare, and all 76 of George Simenon's Maigret novels. On radio he has featured in plays, serials, poetry programmes and documentaries. He has provided narratives for wildlife documentaries, played a wide range of characters in games, and dubbed many films and TV series. Other voice work includes audio guides and promos for American cable channels QVC and CNBC.

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