The Accident Man - Hardcover

Cain, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593058054 ISBN 13: 9780593058053

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2007

Synopsis

Meet the Accident Man, Samuel Carver Carver is a good guy who makes bad things happen to bad people. Drug-baron's helicopter develops mechanical failure mid-flight: Samuel Carver. Terrorist blown-up in his own bomb factory: Samuel Carver. Ex-SAS, now freelance mercenary he is the frontline weapon of the 'Consortium', a black-ops British government outfit, or is it? Carver is called to do a hit at very short notice. Do this job for us and be paid very well. Refuse and you better run and hide. He believes the target to be a high-ranking Pakistani terrorist. The job is to organise a car crash in a Paris underpass. But Carver is being set up. When he discovers the real identity of his target, and more importantly the identity of the target's female companion, he knows one thing - his life is over. This is a secret too big to let him live, unless he can track down the real villains before they get to him. Combining the plotting of Robert Ludlum, with the pace and tension of Frederick Forsyth, Tom Cain is a major new thriller writer and "The Accident Man" is a classic in the making and launches Samuel Carver straight into the top rank of action heroes.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Cain is the pseudonym for an award-winning journalist, with 25 years' experience working for Fleet Street newspapers, as well as major magazines in Britain and the US. During the course of his career he has conducted several hundred in-depth interviews with senior politicians, billionaire entrepreneurs, Olympic athletes, movie stars, supermodels and rock legends. He has investigated financial scandals on Wall Street, studio intrigues in Hollywood and corrupt sports stars in Britain. He has lived in Moscow, Washington DC and Havana, Cuba. Although he has edited four magazines, published over a dozen books, written film-scripts and been translated into some 20 languages, this is his first thriller.

From the Inside Flap

Samuel Carver makes bad things happen to even worse people. He was once a Royal Marine. Now he s freelance, the frontline weapon of the Consortium, a group so secretive even he does not know the true identities of the people who command him.

But now Carver wants to quit. He s had enough of death. Then he s sent on one last hit, planned at extremely short notice. The target, they say, is a high-ranking terrorist. The means is a car crash in a Paris underpass.

The whole job is a set-up.

When Carver discovers his victim s true identity, he becomes the next target. He knows too much. His life is over unless he can track down the men who planned his murderous mission before they get to him.

As the true nature of the conspiracy unfolds and the threats against him multiply, Carver s only ally is Alix, a beautiful Russian with a past as troubled as his own. But can he trust her? Or is the woman he loves his most deadly enemy of all?

The Accident Man is a compelling, unputdownable read and marks the début of a major new thriller writer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593058054
• ISBN 13: 9780593058053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416