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London bank robber Frank Mason has never pulled of his own crime job without the help of his mastermind wife Elsie. Trapped in a loveless marriage, a loveless affair with his mistress Linda, and with the pressure of Elsie’s gangster father looming over him, Frank needs a miracle to maintain his reputation in the criminal underworld. But luckily Frank has The Plan: a full-blown, international crime caper. Frank and his band of eccentric miscreants, including the demanding Linda and his right hand man and protégé Tony Horton, are off to Madeira to pull off an almost impossible bank job. Little does Frank know, however, that members of his team are planning a double cross, and with Chief Superintendent Gower closing in, the team unravelling, and Elsie becoming more and more suspicious, Frank’s plan is fast becoming a disaster. Can Frank pull off his scheme before it’s too late? Or will the Madeiran plan fall foul at the feet of the Double Cross? ‘The Madeiran Double Cross’ is a gripping international heist thriller from bestsellig author Sally Spencer. 'A compelling read.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code.' Sally Spencer worked as a teacher both in England and Iran - where she witnessed the fall of the Shah. She now writes full time. She is also the author of the Blackstone Victorian crime series. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
The Madeiran Double Cross, by Sally Spencer - Amazon Sales Rank: #503320 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-23
- Released on: 2015-06-23
- Format: Kindle eBook
The Madeiran Double Cross, by Sally Spencer Review Spencer's latest offers an enjoyable combination of caper novel and police procedural. Characters are well developed, the story moves at a good pace, and Spencer uses her two settings --England and Madeira-- evocatively. The novel is reminiscent of those suave and funny crime movies of the 1950s starring Cary Grant or David Niven. John Rowen, Booklist (Review of The Paradise Job, the hardback version of The Madeiran Double Cross, originally published by Severn House) Reviews of other novels by the same author: "Spencer's finest hour: a tightly plotted puzzler with surprises at every turn" Kirkus Reviews "Spencer is an accomplished craftsman who serves up a good puzzle and deftly solves it with intelligence and insight" Publishers Weekly
From the Author I got the idea for this novel on my first visit to Madeira. At the time, I was living in Madrid, where ETA (the Basque terrorists) had been funding itslef by robbing banks. As a result, I was used to banks that had armed guards, double doors, bullet-proof glass, and many more security systems that were not visible to customers. So the banks in Madeira seemed incredibly unprotected and inviting. BUT how could I get the money and the criminals safely off the island after the robbery? Once I'd worked that out, I had a plot - and Frank had The Plan.
About the Author Sally Spencer is a pen name, first adopted when the author (actually called Alan Rustage) was writing sagas and it was almost obligatory that a woman's name appeared on the cover (other authors like Emma Blair and Mary Jane Staples are also men). Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a teacher. In 1978-79 he was working in Iran and witnessed the fall of the Shah (see the Blog on sallyspencer.com for what it was like to live through a revolution). He got used to having rifles - and, one occasion, a rocket launcher - pointed at him by both soldiers and revolutionaries, but was never entirely comfortable with it. He lived in Madrid for over twenty years, and still considers it the most interesting and exciting city he has ever visited, but for the last few years he has opted for a quieter life in the seaside town of Calpe, on the Costa Blanca. His first series of books were historical sagas set in Cheshire (where he grew up) and London. They were very popular with his English readers, but his American readers find the dialect something of a strain. He has written twenty books featuring DCI Woodend (a character based partly on a furniture dealer he used to play dominoes with) and ten (so far!) about Woodend's protegé Monika Paniatowski. His DI Sam Blackstone books are set in Victorian/Edwardian London, New York and Russia, and the Inspector Paco Ruiz books have as their backdrop the Spanish Civil War. Alan is a competitive games player who likes bridge and pub quizzes. It is only by enforcing iron discipline that he doesn't play video games all the time.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. funny and very clever By Mike H. The seemingly insoluble problem – if you rob a bank on an island hundreds of miles from the mainland, how do you escape? – is only the starting point for this book. The Madeiran Double Cross is crammed with characters who are larger than life, yet really believable, and are all intent on double-crossing and triple-crossing not only the book’s hero – Frank Mason, an ordinary decent criminal, who just wants to pull off one more job – but also each other.The book’s characters drew me in, and it’s exciting, funny and very clever, with as many twists and turns as the island roads up to the mountain peaks!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This was a fun British crime book in which Frank plans the ultimate ... By Wendy Soliman 'Without a sawn-off shotgun in his hand, Frank Mason always felt vulnerable in banks.' That's the first line in this book. How could one possibly not read on?This was a fun British crime book in which Frank plans the ultimate bank job on the island of Madeira, fed up with his wife always being the brains behind their criminal activities and constantly putting him down. He'll show her! Double and treble crossing ensues and the reader finds himself rooting for Frank who, in spite of being a villain, also seems like a good guy.A twist at the end that I didn't see coming and altogether a fun caper. I seldom give five star reviews but this one is richly deserved.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Enjoyable, fast moving *crimie" novel By Pedro dM Great insight into the mind and actions of a bank robber and his gang; lots of twists and turns in the plot, kept up the suspense until the last page. Enjoyed the clever plot and dialogue, Sally Spencer has the remarkable ability to put dialect into the mouths of his characters.This mystery is a change from the author's previous books.
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