UNOFFICIAL AND DENIABLE - Softcover

Davis

3.5

16 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007574401 ISBN 13: 9780007574407

Publisher: Harper, 2014

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The sins of the past come home to roost in the New South Africa in the action-packed new novel from a master of the international thriller.

The bestselling author of Hold My Hand I’m Dying and Roots of Outrage returns once more to the country he knows best – South Africa – for his heart-thumping new thriller, filled with political intrigue, courtroom drama and high adventure.

Since the historic 1994 elections brought in the New South Africa, Jack Harker, a former operative for South African military intelligence, has created a new identity for himself as a publisher in New York, and a new life with writer and activist Josephine Valentine, who knows nothing of his undercover past. But his world is suddenly thrown into turmoil when he hears about the new Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which offers amnesty to those who confess to crimes committed during the dark days of Apartheid, and prosecution to those who do not.

If Jack tells the truth about everything he was ordered to do in the service of his country, will Josephine ever be able to forgive him? If he keeps quiet, will former colleagues betray him? And will he even be given the choice? His confession would implicate a lot of powerful people, and it soon becomes clear that they will go to any lengths to ensure he will never be able to testify.

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Review:

‘A superior adventure thriller’
The Times

‘A tense drama with the history of the radical changes in South Africa as a backdrop. Davis has woven a telling yarn with a compassionate feel for his homeland and a wide understanding of just what did go on in those apartheid years’
Oxford Times

‘High intrigue and tense courtroom drama make John Gordon Davis’s latest novel a knockout read for demanding fiction fans. Great characters and a credible storyline combine to make it a winner all the way’
Bolton Evening News

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Acclaimed novelist and former lawyer John Gordon Davis returns to the area he knows so well, in an exhilarating tale of international intrigue and courtroom drama – as the sins of the past come home to roost in the New South Africa.

When their paths first crossed on a battlefield in 1985 Josephine Valentine was a renowned American war correspondent and anti-Apartheid activist, Jack Harker was an officer in the South African Army fighting the Cubans in Angola. When they met again several years later Josephine did not recognise Jack in his new role as an up-and-coming New York publisher. Nor did she know that this job was a front for his undercover work for Military Intelligence in South Africa’s on-going war against Communism.

The country he fought for was changing fast, however, and by the time the historic 1994 elections brought in the New South Africa, Jack had ended his military service and was enjoying life in America with Josephine – until his world was thrown into disarray by the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which offered amnesty to those who confessed to crimes committed in the Apartheid era, while promising to prosecute those who did not.

Should Jack claim amnesty by confessing the truth about his past? If he did not, would others betray him? Would he even be allowed to give his side of the story? There were a lot of powerful people who would do anything to stop him. And what would happen to his new career if he confessed? Worst of all, would Josephine ever forgive him?

As the countdown to the amnesty deadline ticked away Jack decided to disappear, persuading Josephine that they should go sailing around the world. A month later, Josephine was missing and Jack was in a Florida courtroom standing trial for what they were calling the perfect murder ...

PRAISE FOR JOHN GORDON DAVIS

“Put this on your must-read list – a satisfying blend of history, politics, romance and adventure. The author’s feel for Africa and its people is given full rein in a sweeping saga. Immaculately researched, powerful and credible.”
SUNDAY TIMES on 'Roots of Outrage'

“Timing has always been one of John Gordon Davis’s strong points. He has a knack, the sort Graham Greene had in abundance, of homing in one world developments and using them as background ... His enduring popularity [lies in his] racy prose and fast-moving plots in which high adventure, romance and political intrigue are the chief elements.”
THE STAR on 'The Year of Dangerous Loving'

“This book doesn’t preach, it tells it how it is ... I beg you to read it, it’s first class.”
TED ALLBEURY on 'The Land God Made in Anger'

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