Good News, Bad News by
David Wolstencroft
hbk out January 05
Published by Hodder
at £10
First book from the creator of the hit TV show Spooks. Espionage again but
much more than that in a story of two friends on the run and trying to make
sense of an unexpected vendetta. Charlie and George work dead end jobs in
a photo kiosk situated in the London Underground. Charlie, in his late
twenties, lives in a grotty bed-sit and his life (as well as his work) seems to be
going down the tube. George, a fanatic of locked room mysteries, is a "baked
potato of a man with flint eyes" and no dress sense. These unlikely heroes
are soon forced to quit London to stay alive. Their travels contain plenty of
surprises and sudden twists and a friendship blossoms between them. The
murky world of the intelligence services is portrayed as deadly, farcical,
mundane and terrifying – and quintessentially British. An assured debut. At
times touching, frequently funny, and very, very readable.
(
Cath Staincliffe
author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder)
Good News, Bad News by
David Wolstencroft
