A suicide at the ministry of defence. A hand grenade through the door of number ten. A Czech defector with a file worth killing for... The whole sequence of grisly incidents points the finger at John Tyler. Professor John Tyler. Nuclear strategist and insatiable lecher. The man who will state Britain's case when Europe's think tank on Armageddon gathers in Luxembourg. Harry Maxim - SAS major on special assignment to Downing Street - is under orders to watch Tyler's back. The professor is a flawed man. Maxim knows just how flawed. If the KGB's specially-imported hit men don't know, they're certainly acting as if they do...
Major Harry Maxim, formerly of the SAS, is a mysterious man who lost his wife to a horrific plane accident. He is as surprised as anyone when he is hired by 10 Downing Street to assist in matters of defence and security.
Using all the knowledge from his days in military intelligence, he tries to understand and counter a number of suspect events: a suicide at the ministry of defence, a hand grenade thrown through the door of number ten and a Czech defector with a file worth killing for.
They all seem to point towards Professor John Tyler, a nuclear strategist who will state Britain's case when Europe's think tank on Armageddon gathers in Luxembourg.
First published in 1980, The Secret Servant begins Gavin Lyall's Harry Maxim series.
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'The Secret Servant'' is a first-class piece of work. -- Peter Andrews * New York Times Book Review * Gavin Lyall is a master of his craft * Spectator *
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A suicide at the ministry of defence. A hand grenade through the door of number ten. A Czech defector with a file worth killing for...
Gavin Lyall (1932-2003) was a Royal Airforce pilot, journalist, and prolific author of spy and aviation thrillers.
His years as a Royal Air Force pilot lent his fast paced, tautly written aviation thrillers authenticity. His first novel, The Wrong Side of the Sky, was inspired by his personal experiences in the Libyan and Greece and became an international bestseller. He also worked as a journalist, first with the Picture Post and the BBC, then as the Sunday Times' aviation correspondent.
