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The Astonishers - Case I - The Pilot Problem

by Jack Bowman

A case in an alternative Sixties Britain

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A case in an alternative Sixties Britain

An endangered plane opens the first case in this spy-fi novella series, where a private eye, a police recruit, a spymaster and a secret agent are drawn together against a world-threatening scheme. The alternative Sixties setting and the deliberately eccentric detail of a weaponised carnation place the book at the intersection of espionage, crime and humor. As the opening instalment, it introduces a four-person team and a danger that reaches beyond the immediate aircraft problem.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy spy fiction with humorous elements
  • Readers interested in alternative-history settings
  • Readers looking for a novella that begins a continuing series

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EspionageCrimeAlternative historyTeamworkHumor

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Book overview

'This plane, ' Archie asked, as much to distract himself as anything. 'Why is it so important?'

Diana leaned forward and casually brushed away a patch of condensation from the interior of the windscreen.

'Primarily because we suspect the passengers would have preferred it to remain in the air.'

In an alternative Sixties Britain, dark forces are gathering, ready to put into action a plan that threatens to tear the world apart.

The only people standing in their way are a down-at-heel private eye, a disenchanted police recruit, a sartorially flawless spymaster and the deadliest secret agent to ever don a weaponised carnation.

Alone, they're dangerous.

Together, they're astonishing.

'The Pilot Problem' is the first instalment in a bimonthly spy-fi novella series.
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