The Gambit: 2 (Ben Lewis Thriller) - Tapa blanda

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Anger against the West is building amongst Russia’s elite. The Oligarchs are furious: they see sanctions and frozen bank accounts as an affront against them personally.

London-based Ukrainian, Arkady Nemikov, is earning billions from deals denied to fellow Russians – in particular a new gas pipeline contract that will give Europe alternative supply sources other than Russia. Nemikov’s life-long Russian adversary, Viktor Plushenko, is outraged – he had coveted that deal for himself. Taking matters into his own hands, Plushenko decides to commission some private enterprise instead. He hires legendary killer, Oleg Panich, a former Russian agent keen to settle old scores.

Former Royal Marine Commando, Ben Lewis, is still sorting his life out but when MI5 presents a short-term assignment, he agrees to babysit Nemikov and his family who has become a high profile target for the Russians. As attempts are made to kill and kidnap Nemikov’s family in London, Lewis learns that his former enemy, Panich, is behind the attacks. Panich has recruited a small army, quietly supported by Moscow, to make the Nemikov killings appear as acts of terrorism against the West.

Suddenly there is more at stake than just protecting the Nemikov family. Working hand in hand with Saul Zeltinger, a police Detective Inspector, time rapidly closes in as they race to find the kidnapped children and thwart a major terror threat about to be unleashed beneath London.

The Gambit is a high-octane thriller set in both Cambridge and London, with an uncomfortable authenticity that makes this a hurtling page-turner, with twists and turns without ever missing a beat.

Biografía del autor

David N Robinson has flown the equivalent of eight round trips to the moon during his travels with a large international professional firm, a private equity business and latterly one of the world’s largest law firms. A graduate metallurgist from Cambridge, he has lived and worked both in London and Cambridge for most of his life, two locations that have, in particular, been a source of inspiration for The Gambit, his latest Ben Lewis thriller. David’s fascination with, and professional interest in, cyber crime and identity theft led him to write his first thriller, The Morpheus Network. His detailed knowledge of many overseas locations, both in Europe, the Middle East and Russia, provided an important backdrop to his second thriller, The Dossier – the first book featuring Ben Lewis. David currently lives with his wife of 30 years and divides his time between his home, near Cambridge and the Alps, where he both skis in winter and walks in the summer. He is currently trustee and Chairman of Addenbrooke’s Hospital’s Charitable Trust.