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ASSURANCE: A$$URANCE (Sitzman Dossiers Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Richard G. Stevens (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A thrilling picture of post-war Britain is painted where train travel is the norm, even for bigwigs. What do the powerful do when an assurance salesman sitting nearby strikes up an innocent conversation? Some might reveal seemingly irrelevant personal facts and harmless white lies to evade involvement, but become tempted by his sales patter. After the death of a loved one, the assurance company pays a substantial sum each is not really entitled to until inevitably those white lies come home to roost. Could this have happened to many powerful figures and thus helped to transfer control into the hands of big business? Nowadays the undemocratic power of multinationals seems immutable. Yet in the naivety of 1954, Foreign Office number two, Alex Holmes, takes a train journey that leads him to discover a Britain on the verge of domination. He sets out to identify the perpetrators but cannot decide exactly who is behind it all. Even the brilliant Alex fails to discover it is a carefully conceived plot laid by a ghost twelve years earlier to control the world without firing a single shot. Alex is on the verge of piecing together the clues when Sally, his mistress, tears his world apart. Would you, like Alex, have tried to resist and unmask the sinister power or would you have accepted the inevitable?
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    December 4, 2013
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Brilliant - a real brain teaser that keeps you guessing ... 22 July 2014 - Amazon UK Customer/Reader
 
I was captivated in Chapter 1 and wondered just what could be going on. By Chapter 3, I was still wondering where the story was taking me and found the journey itself fascinating. The author's descriptions of real places were such that I could almost be there with the changing cast travelling around the West Country and London gradually unravelling the plot. I waited for the next twist ... and the next. Later I thought I knew where the story was heading, but suddenly yet another twist and I was wondering yet again. As I came towards the end of the book, I thought I knew who was behind the murders and the conspiracy - but how could it be? I shall certainly be a little more wary of whom I sit next to on public transport in the future! I enjoyed this book immensely even if it did over-work my brain somewhat. Thoroughly recommended and I look forward to reading more of this author's work.
 
Don't be fooled by the cover - this book is much deeper that it looks...21 Feb. 2014- Amazon UK Customer/Reader
 
After a bit of a slow start I was quickly bound into the unexpected plot and life like characters of this book by the sinister thread that weaves its way through the pages. The attention to historical detail hints at a yearning for a bygone age and left me feeling a little nostalgic myself. There is plenty of scope for sleuthing with several possibilities as to the identity of the real villain. Definitely worthy of a second read - I might come to a different conclusion next time round!

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00GXE1B00
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 3rd edition (December 4, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 4, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3467 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 454 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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Richard G. Stevens

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Somerset born, Somerset bred - strong in the arm but weak in the head: labouring under this pre-conceived notion I, as the grandson of a brewer's drayman, was fortunate enough to get a leg-up on entry to the local grammar school, followed by an engineering apprenticeship in the aircraft industry.

During this time I received my first exposure to the world of writing and publication as editor of the firm's apprentice magazine - not a stellar beginning perhaps, but it fired an interest which, coupled with aircraft engineering exposure, took me to writing military equipment technical works and financial proposals.

After nearly twenty years of original aeronautical and related engineering, I concluded that, following further government cuts, diversification was the only way forward for me. Aged 40 I somehow managed to add a teaching degree and an MSc to my engineering qualifications as a necessary precursor to a tardy career change. After some years in the secondary, tertiary and university education sector, I 'decided' on early retirement from this field following a successful battle with the big C and a wish to do more living and less working. With experience in aviation and as a pilot, together with a love of all things mechanical particularly steam engines, I enjoy injecting my real-world experiences into my writing.

My 'retirement' has enabled greater devotion to travel and a better understanding of life in general and, as a polyglot and polymath, I am fortunate to be able to bring a wealth of experience from my 60-odd years to the world of authorship. Although my passion is for novels of an historical bent surrounded by mystery, complex plot and intrigue I also like to intersperse my serious novels with lighter works of a humorous nature. I spend a good deal of time overseas and am blessed with a beautiful writing environment on the island of Crete where my imagination, though drawing heavily on reality, is able to flourish in a tranquil stress-free environment.

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Blondie
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't be fooled by the cover - this book is much deeper that it looks.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2014
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After a bit of a slow start I was quickly bound into the unexpected plot and life like characters of this book by the sinister thread that weaves it's way through the pages. The attention to historical detail hints at a yearning for a bygone age and left me feeling a little nostalgic myself. There is plenty of scope for sleuthing with several possibilities as to the identity of the real villian. Definately worthy of a second read - I might come to a different conclusion next time round!
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stephen stoodley
5.0 out of 5 stars I am not a great lover of fiction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2015
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I have just read this book, and found the book difficult to put down. I am not a great lover of fiction, but this well researched book is full of local interest combined with a cunningly constructed plot .Well done Richard , I look forward to reading Larry the Louse .
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