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Jack Grimwood

Biography

Jack Grimwood

JACK GRIMWOOD, a.k.a Jon Courtenay Grimwood, was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain, and Scandinavia. Apart from novels, he writes for national newspapers including the Times, Telegraph, Independent, and Guardian. Jon is two-time winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, with FELAHEEN, and END OF THE WORLD BLUES. His literary novel THE LAST BANQUETt was shortlisted for Le Prix Montesquieu 2015. MOSKVAis his first thriller.

Jack Grimwood

Books by Jack Grimwood

by Jack Grimwood - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Alex Marston, the headstrong fifteen-year-old daughter of the British Ambassador, disappears. Army Intelligence Officer Tom Fox, posted to Moscow to keep him from telling the truth to a government committee, is asked to help find her. It’s a shot at redemption. But Russia is reluctant to give up the worst of her secrets. As Fox’s investigation sees him dragged deeper towards the dark heart of a Soviet establishment determined to protect its own, his fears for Alex’s safety grow with those of the girl’s father. And if Fox can’t find her soon, she looks likely to become the next victim of a sadistic killer whose story is bound tight to that of his country’s terrible past...