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Автор: Parkes Mr Roger
Название: The Secret`s Holder
ISBN: 9781544207650
Издательство: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Классификация: ISBN-10: 1544207654
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 302
Вес: 0.40 кг.
Дата издания: 30.11.2016
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 16
Поставляется из: США
Описание: POST WAR ADVENTURE. Set in 1947, The Secrets Holder tells the story of a Britain ravaged by years of war. Black market racketeering was rife with vast sums of money involved at the expense of a nation struggling to supply its citizens with their everyday essentials to survive Ben Spencer, uncovers obvious discrepancies going about his business in the Ministry of Information and decides to investigate. The Ministry was set up to see that all foodstuffs, fuel and other essential items were distributed fairly. However, his actions bring him and his family into direct conflict with the criminal gangs who become concerned for their lucrative business interests.They seek revenge on his family, especially his 13 year old daughter Polly, in their efforts to stop him breaking up their criminal activities. Arson, bombings and brutal assaults on his daughter, wife and secretary force him to enlist the help of an ex military colleague to protect the family from this onslaught before someone is killed. Their is no let up in the assaults which get worse as the gangsters become more desperate. His daughter is abducted and severely beaten. Only the heroics of the man assigned to guard her, save her from certain death as the attacks on her get more brutal and intense. So traumatized is Polly, by these actions against her, that her bodyguard has to remain by her side at all times for fear of further abduction and assaults. And Mrs Bottomley too is also subjected to an horrific sexual assault by a gang in their attempts to silence her husband. Despite all this, Ben Spencer is determined in his efforts to bring those responsible to justice and continues to uncover widespread corruption and begins to wonder if Government may well be involved So begins a race against time to determine who the main players are and where they are storing their supplies of stolen goods together with their details of distribution. There has to be a sophisticated and organised operation and Spencer is convinced that the culprits are controlled by those in high authority but knows this will be difficult to prove. His investigations uncover a complex web of organised criminal activities taking place from a tunnel complex beneath the South Downs where a vast consignment of contraband is stored for distribution. These tunnels were originally to be used in the event of an invasion and were unknown to the general public. But will Spencer be able to prove the involvement of government officials in all this racketeering? Will these criminal gangs kill his family before he is able to do so and what will be the after effects be on his daughter Polly of the brutal assaults on her by these ruthless gangs? She has to have 24 hour protection and still the gangsters seek her out for revenge. The Secrets Holder has a fast paced gritty story line, and mirrors perfectly the events of the time immediately after the end of the war, The Secrets Holder lays bare the difficulties and uncertainties facing the country at the time. This is historical fiction in detail. And whilst the story a fictional one, black market racketeering was very much a way of life during and after the war when criminals sought to take advantage of shortages of food, fuel and clothing. The country was being held to ransom by organised criminal gangs and the government seemed powerless to do anything, or so it seemed. The author has painted a vivid description of what was happening and just how one man sought to bring those responsible to justice, despite the terrible ordeal he had to suffer.

The Secret`s Holder, Parkes Mr Roger