Published by Welbeck
Publication Date 8th December 2022
Book Description:
Stranded by a storm in the airside zone of a remote municipal airport, beleaguered businessman Kevin Tyler stumbles upon a bag of money that could be the solution to all his woes. There's just one problem – the money is part of a conspiracy of blackmail and murder, and those involved are willing to do anything to keep it...
My Thoughts:
This book is one I picked up in a local supermarket on impulse, and it is certainly not my usual type of read. It felt much more a book aimed at the male thriller market, more testosterone fuelled with gun-toting bad guys threatening to spoil our main character's already bad day. That said, my heart was racing as I followed Kevin's attempts to escape to a whole different life to that which his original plan had been.
We meet Kevin at the airport after a miserable, failed attempt at expanding his business into the European market; things get progressively worse as a storm comes in and restricts all flights in and out of the small German airport. We sit with him as he mulls over the change in fortunes his life has taken during the day. All his options seem to have disappeared over the horizon with the last flight back to the UK. But a trip to the restroom potentially changes everything if he can just stay under the radar until the next morning...
This is a story with great plotting which will have your adrenaline pumping as Kevin attempts to call in favours from his limited contacts at the airport. He's up against corruption and dodgy politics, not to mention those who are purely concerned with saving their own skins and his chances really don't look good. Is anyone on his side? Maybe not, but his enemies seem to have their own issues going on too which can only give Kevin a fighting chance, right?
I can't believe I have never heard of this author before. His writing achievements are impressive with BAFTA award nominations and numerous novels to his name. Airside has pinged James Swallow onto my radar of authors to watch and with a back catalogue of thrillers ready to read I think I'm going to be busy!!
About the Author:
James Swallow is a New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon bestselling author, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominee, a former journalist and the award-winning writer of over fifty books, along with numerous scripts for video games, radio and television.
His Marc Dane novels are fast-paced action thrillers featuring a former MI6 field officer turned private security operative: NOMAD and EXILE.
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