Four Days To The Fireworks: A nail-biting Cold War escape thriller (Philip Purser Historical Thrillers) - Softcover

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A tense and thrilling manhunt! Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, John Le Carré, Jack Higgins and Irving A. Greenfield

A secret identity is about to be exposed…

Ten years ago a scientist called James Dell disappeared behind the Iron Curtain after passing secrets to the Russians.

Or so it had been assumed, until a Sunday newspaper reveals that he has, all this time, been in hiding in a Buckinghamshire village.

Working as a garage hand, married to his working-class wife, Dell has two children and a powerful desire to remain hidden.

When he realises his whereabouts have been leaked, he panics, packs his family into a car and bolts.

With the British Press in full cry, the pursuit of the Dulls becomes a merciless witch-hunt.

Can they reach the coast and escape to safety? Does Dell deserve to start again?

Or will his past mistakes catch up with him…?

FOUR DAYS TO THE FIREWORKS is a tense political thriller set during the Cold War in 1960s England.

‘lies somewhere between The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Rabbit, Run.’ — Times Literary Supplement

‘First-rate’ — The Daily Telegraph

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