His severance pay had been good, but he had not expected to be put out to grass at such a young age.īlue moon is the second book of the Morning, Noon and Night series. His superiors had cited changing times there being too many spies and not enough enemies they had said. At the young age of thirty eight, Deakin had been discharged from the spy agency. It was better than he earned organizing security at corporate events. And the money was pretty good, ten thousand for a weeks work. Thinking about it Deakin found that he was honestly glad to be back in the old firm even though this time it was a UDA. Then Sir Charles called, and clearly explained that the lady deserved British respect and thanks, and that he was to indulge her, this once.
He was to pick up one Dame Rose Miller an Extra VIP. He had been there for barely a day when a message came from the consulate. He had been instructed to fly out to Salzburg and wait for further directions. She had only uttered a word of thanks when he helped her into the hired Mercedes car. The old lady hasn’t said a one since Salzburg, where Deakin picked her off the plane. She is so still that for a moment Deakin thinks she is fast asleep until he catches a movement as she blinks. His passenger is sitting upright and stock still, staring out at the backdrop of Alpine scenery, her bony hands crossed on her lap. The book opens in Austria in October 2001, as John Deakin glances at his old female passenger and wonders when she is going to speak. The wrong choice could quickly spell ones doom. William, Robert and Eve had to constantly question themselves as to whom to trust. Friendship or love, as it were, was no guarantee of loyalty. In their activities they not only had to be on the look out for Nazis, but had also to watch out for double agents who were everywhere and for friendship. As members of the British Special Operations Executive, William Grover Williams and Robert Benoist dashed around France in support of the resistance. The outbreak of the World War changed most things but not all. Apart from being locked in a fierce duel for the world title, they raced to win the heart of beautiful Eve Aubicq. Questions arise, did he really meet his end at the bottom of the mountain lake? In the 1920’s, William Grover Williams and Frenchman Robert Benoist were teammates and also rivals on the Bugatti racing team.
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After some inquiries the skeleton is found to be the remains of William Grover Williams, a premier English race car driver in his time and a hero of the French Resistance. In the twenty first century, on one crisp autumn night, a car is pulled from the depths of an Austrian lake with a skeleton still gripping the steering wheel. This book is based on actual events, fast cars, rivalry and an epic narrative friendship in occupied France.
Most of Robert Ryan’s books are set in historical wars like the World War I and World War II.Įarly One Morning is the first novel of the Morning, Noon and Night series.
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He is known for the Morinng, Noon and Night series, the Vince Piper series and the Dr. His novel ‘Empire of Sand’ was inspired by David Lean’s novel ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. His novel ‘Death on the Ice’ was praised and recommended by the Antarctic Heritage Trust. Robert Ryan has published 12 novels to date in his name, his most famous being ‘Dead Man’s Land’ He has published two novels under the penname Tom Neale. He published his first novel, Underdogs, in 1999. He lives in London with his wife and three children. During this time, Ryan also wrote for the US GQ magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Esquire, US Conde Nast Traveler, and later for the Sunday Times. He began his writing career in the late 1980’s, writing for Arena, and The Face. After his graduation he became a natural sciences lecturer for several years before changing his career to journalism. He moved to London when he was 18, to study natural science at the University. He is also known as Tom Neale and was born in 1963, in Liverpool, England. Robert Ryan is an English journalist, author and screenwriter.
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