Philip Purser (28 August 1925–1 August 2022) saw army service in the final days of the Second World War and in occupied Germany before toying with the idea of becoming an engineer. Journalism claimed him instead, first in Scotland and then Fleet Street. He was perhaps best known as the long-serving television critic for the Sunday Telegraph, but apart from novels he also wrote television dramas, radio plays and biographies. His thriller Lights in the Sky, first published in 2005, was a “rather belated” follow-up to Night of Glass. His thrillers are all marked by skilful, unfussy storytelling and a blend of suspense and farce similar to early Hitchcock, where unheroic characters are forced by circumstances to perform very heroic deeds.
The Holy Father’s Navy (Colin Panton Conspiracy Thrillers Book 3)
A powerful alternative history novel! Perfect for fans of Frederick Forsyth, John Le Carré, Irving A. Greenfield and Tom Clancy.
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The Twentymen (Colin Panton Conspiracy Thrillers Book 2)
A provocative dystopian thriller set in Cold War Britain! Perfect for fans of Frederick Forsyth, John Le Carré, Irving A. Greenfield and Tom Clancy.
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Peregrination 22 (Colin Panton Conspiracy Thrillers Book 1)
A gripping Arctic adventure! Perfect for fans of Frederick Forsyth, John Le Carré, Irving A. Greenfield and Tom Clancy.
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Four Days To The Fireworks
A tense and thrilling manhunt! Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, John Le Carré, Jack Higgins and Irving A. Greenfield
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Lights in the Sky
A nail-biting World War Two RAF adventure story! Perfect for fans of Charles Whiting, Derek Robinson, Frank Barnard and Elleston Trevor
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Night of Glass
A gripping action-adventure story set in Nazi Germany! Perfect for fans of Charles Whiting, Derek Robinson, Frank Barnard and Elleston Trevor.
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