* Books Monthly Review of 'Break in Communication': 'Takes in all the elements of the successful spy novel, transports them back in time to the second world war and deposits them firmly in the hands of two men, one an unlikely hero in the form of Bert, who's in the Home Guard, and the other, Julian, who's in Churchill's elite SOE... Jon Gliddon's terrific spy yarn is equally as good as anything by Ian Fleming, and twice as good as any of John Le Carré's stories... I loved it.' 

* Review of 'Break in Communication' by Seven Circumstances can be found at:  https://sevencircumstances.com/2018/09/04/a-precise-alternative-history-break-in-communication-by-jon-gliddon/

* Review of 'The Forbidden Zone' by Seven Circumstances can be found at:   sevencircumstances.com/2020/11/14/the-forbidden-zone-by-jon-gliddon/  

* Review of 'The Forbidden Zone' by readers: A must read. I loved it. It brought back so many memories of our time in Orangemund. The fog over the sea, the sun burning through, the hot desert winds. Pigeons too heavy with diamonds they couldn't fly over the perimeter fences. Deserted Kolmanskop. Luderitz and its crayfish. Well done Jon for writing such a fantastic story. Sue Ross : Bought it. Read it. Couldn’t put it down. Stephen Lay :

* Review of 'The Forbidden Zone' by That's Books: thatsbooks.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-forbidden-zone.html


​Profile

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I am  a retired mining engineer and live with my wife and three cats on the edge of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset. An early interest in writing was put on the back-burner whilst raising a family and building a career. With retirement on the horizon, the prospect of writing came to the fore. A chance visit to the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum on a trip to Cornwall was the catalyst. The picturesque location, the amazing technology and the strategic nature of the telegraph in WWII, provided the focus for my first WW2 action thriller, Break in Communication.

My second book was motivated by research in to my Grandfather’s experiences in WW1. Mud, Blood & Bayonet, The Story of the 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 1918 day by day, is drawn from military and personal WW1 diaries. The book was published on 1st January 2018 to mark the Centenary year.
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​My second novel The Forbidden Zone is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle format. It is an action thriller, set in former South West Africa, now the Republic of Namibia, a country I visited many times during my career.  It is a story of African diamonds, Nazis smugglers and bloody revenge.  

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A sleepy Cornish seaside village becomes the most heavily guarded communications centre of WWII. A ruthless Nazi spy is on a mission to destroy it and change the direction of the war. Can Churchill’s special agent uncover the plot and intercept him? Can the Home Guard sergeant living there save the day? Break in Communication is a historical spy thriller, set around Porthcurno Telegraph Station.


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1918 was the bloodiest year of the war for the 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Of the 44 Officers and 757 Other Ranks killed in the entire war, 17 Officers and 359 Other Ranks lost their lives in 1918.
​My Grandfather 20652 H A Pike was a private in 'A' Company and took part in all the major battles. This book is the result of researching 'his war'. Based on war diaries and personal diaries it records what the Battalion was doing each day, the trenches they were in and the battles they fought.
​Although wounded on the 4th November, he survived; he is one of the lucky ones!  
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Managing the world’s richest diamond mine in former German South West Africa, Harvey Tremayne clashes with a colonial resistance group, intent on restoring their homeland. They smuggle diamonds destined for the Nazi military rearmament programme. Tremayne got in their way. They killed his wife. Driven by revenge, he’s now hunting for them.
The web of intrigue and murder he uncovers stretches from Tangier to the diamond-rich Forbidden Zone in the blistering Namib Desert. This land is merciless and treats the hunter and the hunted with equal contempt.
Buy Break in Communication now on Amazon!