WW2 Action Thriller
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My new Thriller: out Oct 2020
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Published 1 Jan 2018
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* 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/
Profile
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.
My second novel, another action thriller, is set in former South West Africa, now the Republic of Namibia, a country I visited many times during my career. It is a mineral rich country and a major producer of diamonds and uranium. The book is about diamond smuggling in the unforgiving Namib Desert in the weeks before WW2. The Forbidden Zone is scheduled to be published in October 2020.
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.
My second novel, another action thriller, is set in former South West Africa, now the Republic of Namibia, a country I visited many times during my career. It is a mineral rich country and a major producer of diamonds and uranium. The book is about diamond smuggling in the unforgiving Namib Desert in the weeks before WW2. The Forbidden Zone is scheduled to be published in October 2020.
WW2 Action Thriller |
The 6th Battalion Dorsets in 1918 |
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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