Deadly Game

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Excellent . . . with an old-school hero and a plot rich in twists and turns . . . It's impossible to read this book without imagining Caine as the deadpan Harry . . . This is the book most Caine fans would hope he'd write: well-crafted and idiosyncratic. * Sunday Telegraph * Hugely entertaining . . . think The Ipcress File and The Italian Job . . . The action does not flag for a moment . . . Told with Caine's trademark ironic humour, it's an old-fashioned delight * Daily Mail * Thrilling * Daily Express * Caine has a great ear for dialogue and his story zips along . . .There's bags of energy in this, and the denouement is a bonkers delight * Observer * The novel is well-paced, building to a climax with some wrong turns, dead ends, and red herrings carefully planted along the way . . . [the] energy and drive make for a lively, page-turning read, peppered with some unexpected twists and turns. The highly theatrical denouement is startling, and Caine has done well to conceal certain secrets until the end * Herald * Am impressively accomplished debut * Irish Times * The fast-paced drama takes many twists in narrative, leaving you turning the pages in anticipation... With real edge-of-the-seat action, Deadly Game has a great feel of old-school heroics - and it proves difficult not to read some parts in Caine's distinctive Cockney accent * Press Association * Consistently absorbing * Private Eye * The drama takes many twists . . . With real edge-of-the-seat action * i Paper * A remarkable debut by the 90-year-old British film star, who appears to draw from the language and drama of some of his movie hits such as Get Carter and Harry Browne . . . A fast-moving tale of international terror in which irascible DCI Harry Taylor must hunt down stolen radioactive material before it falls into the hands of ruthless criminals * Irish Independent * Couldn't be better * Sun * With real edge-of-the-seat action, Deadly Game has a great feel for old-school heroics, and it proves difficult not to read some parts in Caine's distinctive Cockney accent * The Scotsman * His debut novel Deadly Game was published the month after he announced his retirement, which opens the door to a Gene Hackman-esque secondary career path with the potential to funnel his creative energies somewhere other than the bright lights of a film set * Far Out Magazine *