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Nick Paice is in trouble again as he finds himself embroiled in another dangerous exploit. Once more his life is on the line. Disillusioned, he'd quit his job as a top news reporter but a knock on the door of his rural retreat shatters the isolation and peace he'd sought and drags him back into the murky world of crime and corruption that he'd written about so much and thought he'd left behind.A simple mission to bring home a missing girl sucks him ever deeper into a quagmire of violence and subterfuge where he runs head on into political corruption, crooked financial deals and a doctor who's peddling death in a desperate bid to survive.It's a matter of life or death for Paice when his quest for the big story means taking on the boss of a major crime syndicate, powerful forces in the political elite and a brutal dictator. Survival means keeping one step ahead on a dangerous path that's strewn with illicit diamonds, deception and death.
Nick Paice is a newsman who has seen and had better times. Covering conflicts and disasters around the world brought its success, but at a heavy personal price. Being one of the best in the business was achieved by a ruthless and often callous pursuit of the story that left ruined reputations and broken lives, not to mention a wrecked marriage and estranged children, in its alcoholic wake.Disillusionment has set in. The world of news is changing, and, for Paice, not for the better. Can he change with it and does he want to? With his enthusiasm on the wane, the stories have stopped coming. But the job is his life, and his life is the job. He needs a big break to get them both back on track. W...
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This companion volume to a BBC series of the same name delves into eight famous pieces of art.
This illustrated biographical dictionary, backed by the authority of the DNB, records the lives of 645 British men and women who died between 1915 and 1980, and whose mark on their contemporaries and in their chosen careers has been of exceptional interest and significance.
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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