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About A Time for Peace: A Dorset crime thriller (DI Nick Jellicoe Mysteries)

Solomon is back and this time he wants to steal an atomic bomb… It’s 1960, and the marchers are out to protest against Britain’s nuclear weapons programme. When a nuclear bomb vanishes from a top-secret British facility, panic grips the highest levels of government. Determined to avoid international scandal, MI5 launches a covert operation to recover the weapon before the world finds out. But whispers of the audacious theft soon spread to enemies who would love to possess such a terrifying weapon. An arms race of a different sort begins…The KGB is eager to seize the prize for Moscow while Chinese crime syndicate, the Triads, joins the hunt for a prize that would be worth millions to the right buyer. At the heart of it all is a master criminal, Solomon — charming, elusive, and always one step ahead. And he is known to Detective Inspector Nick Jellicoe. Joining forces with MI5, DI Jellicoe is in a race against time to find the missing bomb before it falls into the wrong hands. And this is where things become complicated... The sequel to A Time To Kill is the usual mixture of humour and thrills - perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum, John le Carré and Frederick Forsyth. This high-stakes novel takes you deep into the shadowy corridors of Cold War espionage, where one wrong move could change history forever.

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