New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From HarperCollins 1998 Jan-March

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From HarperCollins JAN-MARCH 1998

Micheal Dobbs The Buddha of Brewer Street Published January 1998 by HarperCollins at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0 00 225412 3
Michael Dobbs' acclaimed new hero, Thomas Goodfellowe MP, returns in a compelling novel of intrigue that spans the globe.
TOM GOODFELLOWE IS the unlikeliest of political heroes. A Member of Parliament whose career has already been consigned to the scrapheap of history, with a private life that staggers between confusion and chaos. And it's all about to get worse.
A new Dalai Lama is born. The infant god-king of Tibet. And around the child explodes an international conspiracy that will carve a trail of death from the slopes of Mount Everest right to the heart of London's Chinatown. Yet Goodfellowe cares little for this. His main preoccupation is battling with his overdraft and his unrequited love life - until Kunga Tashi, a mysterious Tibetan monk, walks into his chaotic life and draws him into a murderous race against time. On the outcome of this race will hang the fate of not only millions of people, but also one of the world's great religions. Oh, and Goodfellowe's sex life, too…
For he can only pursue the fight by destroying those he loves the most, and even then he seems doomed to failure. Because someone, someone very close, is betraying him at every turn.
The odds are hopeless. But he is a born fighter. And the best of Tom Goodfellowe is yet to come.
'Goodfellowe is a modern political hero with all the welcome weaknesses we expect ... Michael Dobbs knows what we like and he knows how to spin a rattling good yam.' Sunday Express
Michael Dobbs has carved out a unique niche as the country's leading political thriller writer. His most famous creation, the character of Francis Urquhart, first appeared in his immensely successful debut novel, House of Cards, which has been followed by a string of bestsellers: Wall Games, Last Man to Die, To Play the King, The Touch of lnnocents, The Final Cut and, most recently, Goodfellowe MP

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