A Kind of Prisoner
A Department Z
by John Creasey
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Pub Date 18 Aug 2017 | Archive Date 24 Nov 2017
Description
Department Z has been infiltrated by a double agent and everyone is suspicious.
As once loyal friends begin to turn on each other, Agent Craigie is desperate to find the super-spies responsible. Is there an enemy within their walls? Or was Ryall, the Department man they had captured, being forced to reveal his knowledge whilst held as “a kind of prisoner”?
Time is running out for Agent Craigie if he wants to save what’s left of Department Z.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781911295860 |
| PRICE | US$3.99 (USD) |
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Elaine T, Reviewer
I would like to thank Netgalley and Ipso Books for a review copy of A Kind of Prisoner, the 27th novel in the Department Z series.
Department Z is the ultimate defence of the realm department used to catch the toughest spies but they are at a loss this time. The Vandermin group, intent on stealing the latest defence secrets always seem to be one step ahead of them and have even captured on of their top men, Alec Ryall. Is Alec giving away their secrets? It would seem so when the group seem desperate for his wife Judy to join him.
I used to read a lot of John Creasey as a teenager so I jumped at the chance to revisit his work 40+ years later and I can say that the old magic is still there. A Kind of Prisoner is an exciting, engrossing roller coaster of a read with loads of action and some good twists. It is a product of its time so it maybe doesn't have the sophistication of a modern thriller but it is enthralling. The plotting is clever with some excellent, unexpected twists and the pacing is spot on with constant developments which keep the reader hooked.
The characterisation is fairly stereotypical but that's what you would expect from a novel written in the 50s. Jimmy Merrick, the protagonist, is a thoroughly decent chap with loyalty to Queen and country in his DNA. At first he comes over as a dedicated but not particularly outstanding agent but by the end he displays hidden depths, like a steely ruthlessness and nerve. The baddies, the elusive Vandermin and his cohorts, are suitably omniscient, unscrupulous and violent. You know what you are getting with both sides.
A Kind of Prisoner is a ripping yarn which held me glued to the pages from start to finish so I have no hesitation in recommending it as a great read.
Melissa M, Reviewer
John Creasey’s Department Z novels may not be as famous as “The Toff” series, but he writes a raucous, fast-moving old-fashioned espionage novel full of twists and turns, plots and counterplots. This was an entertaining afternoon’s read!
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