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The Watchman

The Watchman

by Chris Ryan (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2001

    $4.19

  • Used

    Paperback 2002

    $3.25
Synopsis

The Watchman tells the story of the duel to the death between an SAS soldier and the man who trained him. Previous titles by Ryan include The One That Got Away, Stand By, Stand By, Zero Option, The Kremlin Device, Tenth Man Down, and the Hit List.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Century
Published: 05 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0712684166
ISBN 13: 9780712684163
Prizes: Shortlisted for WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award 2002 and WH Smith Thumping Good Read Book Award 2002.

Media Reviews
Readers of Chris Ryan thrillers know exactly what to expect: gritty, pared-down prose with regular doses of bone-crunching action and a hero not usually given to introspection. His books do not inhabit the same atmospheric world as such past thriller writers as Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, and he lacks the political sophistication of current ones like Gerald Seymour. But Ryan knows what his readers want and can always be counted upon to deliver a tough and fast-moving package. The theme here is a duel to the death between an SAS soldier and the man who trained him. Ryan's protagonist, Alex, has been recently commissioned from the ranks and returns from a hostage rescue mission in Sierra Leone to find someone has been gruesomely murdering MI5 officers, Hannibal Lecter-style (a skinning knife is involved). The security services believe the killer is an insider, SAS-trained, and Alex is ordered to track him down. As he gets closer and closer to the eponymous Watchman, the body count rises implacably. This one will glean no literary prizes, but bookshop tills will ring as merrily as they did for The Hit List and Zero Option.