Book description
Chris Hutchison is a man on the run. Imprisoned for a crime he didn't
commit, Hutch escapes from a British maximum security prison and starts
a new life in Hong Kong. Then a ghost from his past catches up with him,
forcing him to help a former terrorist break out of a Bangkok prison. Or
face life behind bars once more.
Meanwhile the DEA wants to nail the vicious drug warlord responsible for
flooding the States with cheap heroin. And decides to use Hutch as a
pawn in a deadly game.
Hutch's bid for freedom takes him into the lawless killing fields of the
Golden Triangle, where the scene is set for one final act of betrayal .
. . Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller
writers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for more than
ten years on newspapers such as The Times
, the Daily Mail
and the South China Morning Post
in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI,
shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump
attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing
full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than
ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as
London's Burning, The Knock
and the BBC's Murder in Mind
series and two of his books, The Stretch
and The Bombmaker
, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, www.
stephenleather. com.
