Synopsis
Bob Shaw is baffled to see a man in a brown coat at a bustling Underground station. Surely it can’t be his friend, the scientist Professor Morley? Morley perished weeks before in a blazing car. Is the man an impostor or did his friend fake his death?
This fascinating and ingenious thriller tells of Bob’s battle to find out the truth, helped by his wife Anne. They are confronted by ruthless enemies and forced to flee their home in this fast-paced spy thriller from the author of Smile Of The Stowaway.
My review
The author set himself a high standard with the prequel to this novel, Smile of the Stowaway, but he surpasses even that with this novel.
It’s a very exciting thriller with political elements as well as a fascinating mystery at its core, featuring husband and wife team Bob and Anne. As their names hint, they’re an ordinary couple who just happen to find themselves plunged into quite extraordinary goings-on. Here a dead man has apparently come back to life – hence this book’s title.
The author doesn’t hang about! He sets a brisk pace, but never so rushed that he skimps on scene-setting or creating atmosphere. The action is largely set in Canterbury and London and you get a wonderful sense of these two very different cities.
As regards the plot, it’s clever and complex. You really have no idea what’s round the corner. You feel a bit like a leaf being whisked along by a gale-force wind! It’s wonderful.
Entertaining, edgy escapism, this novel will absorb your full attention from the first word to the last.
I can’t wait for the author’s next book.
Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lazarus-Charter-English-Tony-Bassett-ebook/dp/B085MN9KL4
Copies are also available from the publisher.
TONY BASSETT WRITES: Stephanie, I haven’t stop blushing since reading your wonderful review! Thank you so much. I was particularly impressed by the sentence: “You feel a bit like a leaf being whisked along by a gale-force wind.” Much appreciated! I would just add, to help anyone interested in buying THE LAZARUS CHARTER, that, if it is not available from Amazon as a paperback at any time, paperback copies can be purchased from the publisher. https://theconradpress.com