{"product_id":"2940153169354","title":"The Washermen (The Commander Allan Dice Books, #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Washermen. (A \u003cstrong\u003eCommander Allan Dice\u003c\/strong\u003e Thriller)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Peter Hill has done it again—a fast moving, action-packed thriller involving the secret service, the police, and underworld criminals.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoventry Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree ruthless 'Washermen' arrive in England from Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir task is to disrupt the protection rackets operated by the 14K Triad in central London, which they proceed to do with ruthless and ingenious efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritain has lived with curse of the sinister Chinese Triads for too long and repeated failures by MI5 to penetrate the highly effective Chinese Secret Service have now goaded them into joining with the CIA in an extremely questionable undertaking known as Operation Redlight, directed by the unscrupulous Roger Firth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sudden outbreak of deadly violence brings Redlight into fierce conflict with Scotland Yard's Commander Allan Dice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most trusted officers in the police force, Dice soon finds himself waist-deep in a dangerous, corrupt and vicious world of rivalry, espionage and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the death toll rises, Dice learns his enemies lurk not only in Soho's narrow streets and London's decaying dockside but also deep within his own sphere of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant story of detective and intelligence officers at loggerheads, Peter Hill has created a dynamic and compassionate thriller, set against the sinister world of London's Chinatown. And again Allan Dice, whose personality played so dominant a part in \u003cem\u003eThe Fanatics\u003c\/em\u003e, quietly but powerfully asserts his strange integrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePress comments on \u003cem\u003eThe Washermen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Zippy, intricate Chinese puzzle laid out with high laconic skill…'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Intricate and skilful… Hill is more than a find'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Hill is an author and playwright who regularly wrote for many top-rated British television series including, 'Special Branch', 'Z Cars', 'Callan', 'The Bill', 'The Sweeney', 'Crown Court', 'Public Eye', and 'New Scotland Yard'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a novelist he wrote the highly successful \u003cstrong\u003eStaunton and Wyndsor Series\u003c\/strong\u003e of police detective novels set in various locations in Britain. They are: \u003cem\u003eThe Hunters, The\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiars, The Enthusiast\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Savages\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a successful career in television drama in Britain and New Zealand, where he now lives, Peter has returned to novel writing in a new genre and \u003cstrong\u003eEvolution's Path\u003c\/strong\u003e is a trilogy of near and far-future novels which depict a disturbing vision of an apocalyptic future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePress comments on the author's Staunton and Wyndsor series \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A really first-class who-dunnit'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssex Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a taut, handsome job, beautifully written...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'To follow…the brilliantly inspired tracking of Hill's two detectives is a joy apart from the brainteasing please of accepting the author's challenge to identify the murderer.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon Evening News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Peter Hill does a fine job with character, plot, atmosphere and suspense.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Bizarre murder and a full, meaty, thoroughly absorbing account of the investigation.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'…a pair of attractive investigators...'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs John Eyers, Peter wrote. \"Survivores: Genesis of a Hero\" and \"Special Branch: In at The Kill\" based on the TV series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46576764748017,"sku":"2940153169354","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940153169354_p0.jpg?v=1766594012","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153169354","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}