| THE MOTORCYCLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE LONDON DEPARTMENT STORE, ITS HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING AMBER REFLECTIONS ON THE WET ROAD. THE TWENTY-FIVE POUNDSOF SEMTEX IN ITS CARRIER BOX EXPLODED IN A BLAST OF BLINDING WHITE LIGHI....In the tradition of Len Deighton, Jack Higgins, and KenFollett, Stephen Leather s THE CHINAMAN deliversjolt after jolt of suspense a novel of vivid characters,intense action and relentless excitement from first pageto last.Among the many victims of the department store bombwere a lovely young girl and her mother, the last surviv-ing members of the family of Nguyen Ngoc Minh. ANorth Vietnamese trained in guerrilla warfare, Nguyenhad escaped to the south and fought with the U.S.Special Forces until the fall of Saigon. Abandoned by theAmericans, he made his way to London and a peacefulnew life as owner of a Chinese takeout restaurant. Butnow, his family s slaughter has aroused in the battered,slight survivor the passions of a warrior bent onrevenge.Terrorists and bombings are an 0id story to the policeand the politicians; Nguyen is just a bothersome "Chinaman" demanding justice from a system he does |
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