White Gold
A Dan Taylor spy thriller
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3.6 • 32 Ratings
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
A haunted man. A murdered friend. A deadly enemy.
Dan Taylor’s career as a bomb disposal expert in the British Army ended when an IED killed three of his team and left him scarred for life. Years later, and on the brink of self-destruction, Dan struggles to cope with the nightmares that haunt him.
Until the day an estranged friend leaves a voicemail message, moments before he is assassinated in cold blood.
Plunged into a global conspiracy, Dan must unravel the research notes Peter Edgewater left behind and locate an explosive device being smuggled towards London by a secretive organisation hell-bent on protecting its assets – and time is running out.
White Gold is the first book in an action-packed spy thriller series that fans of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher are calling "a blast!”
The Dan Taylor spy books:
The Legacy Device (A Dan Taylor short story prequel)
White Gold
Under Fire
Three Lives Down
Behind the Wire
What reviewers are saying about the Dan Taylor spy books:
“There have been many thrillers coming out in the market today and, from time to time, we find one that completely catches our attention. White Gold is certainly one of them!” Readers Favourites
Customer Reviews
Really good read. Fast paced.
Fast paced with an ending you can’t put down.
Dan the man
Author
British born. Now has Australian citizenship too. Multiple series of crime and spy novels, and a number of standalone thrillers. Best known character is British detective Kay Hunter. This was her debut effort.
In brief
Dan Taylor was part of a British army bomb disposal squad in Iraq. Something went boom when it shouldn't have. Some of his mates got blown up. He got PTSD and went back to Oxford, the place not the university (he'd already been there). Meanwhile, a geologist he knew at uni is running around Europe casting aspersions on multinational mining companies for buying up promising new energy sources and burying them (reburying them, in fact) so they can can keep making a motzah from those evil fossil fuels that are killing the planet, yada, yada. Turns out one of the bad guys, the worst we are led to believe, lives in good old Brisvegas. Where else? When the whistleblower gets dead and his house burns down, our boy and the whistleblower's ex make it their mission to find out why, right wrongs, make the world a better place, whatever. Dan eventually gets to blow something up.
Writing
Third person, mostly from the POV of the main protagonist Dan Taylor. Competent if uninspiring prose. Reasonable editing. Plot development not so much.
Bottom line
I was never quite sure why "white gold" was the answer to our renewable energy prayers. Neither, I suspect, was Ms A, whose later work is considerably better than this.
Footnote
The Whistleblower's Ex sounds like a good title for a book. I'm prepared to license its use for a reasonable price.
Enjoyable
I obviously enjoy this book as reflected by the short time it took me to read & complete it. Gripping, exhilarating, nail biting suspense, not really but an interesting topic & natural, believable characters was defintiely worthy of finishing. With so many other books on my list I’m not that pushed to read the followup just now. This is only my opinion so purchase, read & come to your own conclusions.