Signal Red
Published on 11. November 2010
512 pages
978-0-7553-5821-2 (ISBN)
Description
The inspiration behind BBC One's thrilling new drama, The Great Train Robbery.
Sunday Times bestseller Robert Ryan brings the most ambitious heist of the twentieth century to gripping and vivid life.
1963: an unarmed gang led by the dapper Bruce Reynolds holds up a Royal Mail train at a remote bridge in Buckinghamshire, escaping with millions. The group lay low in a nearby farm but, panicked by the police closing in they clear out, leaving behind numerous fingerprints.
Outraged by the gang's audacity and under political pressure for quick arrests, the police move into top gear. As huge quantities of money start to turn up in forests and phone boxes, dumped by nervous middlemen, Scotland Yard begin to track down the robbers, one by one...
Sunday Times bestseller Robert Ryan brings the most ambitious heist of the twentieth century to gripping and vivid life.
1963: an unarmed gang led by the dapper Bruce Reynolds holds up a Royal Mail train at a remote bridge in Buckinghamshire, escaping with millions. The group lay low in a nearby farm but, panicked by the police closing in they clear out, leaving behind numerous fingerprints.
Outraged by the gang's audacity and under political pressure for quick arrests, the police move into top gear. As huge quantities of money start to turn up in forests and phone boxes, dumped by nervous middlemen, Scotland Yard begin to track down the robbers, one by one...
Reviews / Votes
An electrifying one-sitting roller-coster... Informative and highly entertaining * Guardian * Robert Ryan has once again worked his magic...weaving together a cast of characters - both real and imagined - against a vivid portrayal of the early Sixties * Daily Mail * Ryan provides fresh narrative twists to a well-known story... A fast-paced thriller thick with period detail and the feel of the times * The Sunday Times *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
None
File size
0,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7553-5821-2 (9780755358212)
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Rob Ryan was born in Liverpool. He has written for The Face, Arena, Conde Nast Traveller, Esquire, GQ Magazine and The Sunday Times. He lives in north London with his wife and three children.
