{"product_id":"condition-black-9781444760231","title":"Condition Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHarry''s Game \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e ''100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945'' pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is only month before Saddam Hussein instructs his troops in invade Kuwait, and the Iraqis will stop at nothing to achieve nuclear capability. They are actively targeting scientists from the West who can help them acquire the intelligence they need.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Bill Erlich, a young FBI agent, learns that one of his closest friends has been murdered in Athens, he vows that he will find the killer, even if it means breaking the rules. The man he suspects is a British mercenary known as Colt, who has been working for the Iraqi government, and is as elusive as he is dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErlich follows Colt to England, where he has been dispatched to recruit a disaffected scientist. Determined to bring Colt to justice at whatever cost, Erlich crosses an invisible line beyond which there is no return...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGripping, informative and well-paced * \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eI would class this book with the first-rate achievements of Graham Greene, Charles McCarry and Le Carre * \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eCombines the landscapes and rugged manhunts of Geoffrey Household with the dispassionate sniper's eye of Eric Ambler * \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eGives the many-sided suspense story such a wealth of factual detail, it is in the same class as Frederick Forsyth's best * \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739245424983,"sku":"9781444760231","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444760231.jpg?v=1720051622","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/condition-black-9781444760231","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}