Mostrando resultados por autor "Valerie Goldsilk" en Todas las categorías

Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire, is tasked by Brigadier Wee of Singapore's Security & Intelligence Division to work with a man known as the Hairy Filipino. It should have been a simple assassination but, as often happens in life, the best laid plans of mice and spooks go oft awry.

It's 2002. The world has changed after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. Gun for hire and former Hong Kong policeman Bill Jedburgh returns from confronting suicide bombers in Bali to discover that his friends Harry Bolt and Theo Scrimple both need him to venture into Cambodia's heart of darkness. Plunged into a high stakes adventure involving casinos and counterfeit garment manufacturers Jedburgh will have to defy kidnappers, politicians, contract killers and the infamous Buaya Cartel, if he wants to escape alive from a country still recovering from the ravages of Civil War and the Khmer...

Assistant Director Tom Pearce and Chief Investigator Becky Li of the Independent Commission Against Corruption are getting ready for a major arrest. Meanwhile Annabel Beckett has been sent to Hong Kong to figure out who has stolen $US 300 million from one of her bank's clients. The fact that she's secretly dating the client's son doesn't make her task any easier. And who is killing off all the bankers?

THIS IS A SHORT STORY It's 2009 and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire, is asked to find a young Danish man who has gone missing in China. When the Reliable Man meets one of his old contacts across the border it appears this might be more than a missing person investigation. In the end somebody will have to pay.

Staunton has left his previous life behind and is now retired in a quiet village in Hampshire. But when his old colleague Delingworth comes calling and asks him to do one special job for him in exchange for a vital piece of information about the death of Alan's wife, it is impossible to walk away. Staunton travels to the Sultanate of Alopurah, near Indonesia, where he is to negotiate a multi-million dollar contract on behalf of his employer, a global security company. It should be a piece of cake because Alan was at boarding school with the Sultan, but there are other parties vying for the ...

THIS IS A SHORT STORY The Reliable Man is tasked with a highly political assassination in his own back yard. He's unsure whether to take the job but finally agrees. For this one he is planning to use the Sig Sauer SSG 3000 sniper rifle, not his usual weapon of choice but there are particular reasons why it is an effective tool. However, as always, things don't entirely go to plan.

THIS BOOK WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE 'THE RELIABLE MAN' When Bill Jedburgh, a former Royal Hong Kong Police Inspector travels to Pattaya in Thailand, it’s not just to lie on the beach, drink beer and party with the local bar-girls. He’s been hired to kill the head of the German Mafia who control the night clubs, the drug dealing and the prostitution in town. But his plans start going adrift when he is blackmailed by a Hong Kong Triad boss into doing another job, teaming him up with the gorgeous Simone de Marelle. Then a Thai gangster general turns up knowing more about ...

It's 2007, and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now working as an assassin for hire, is taking a break to go scuba diving in Puerto Galera. But first he stops off in Angeles City to catch up with a few friends and enjoy the nightlife. When Dickie Goodyear, another ex-Hong Kong copper, comes to his hotel with a gunshot wound asking for help, Bill brings him to the hospital without realizing that this will involve him in a plot to overthrow the president of the Philippines.

THIS IS A CHRISTMAS SHORT STORY. The Reliable Man is tasked by Brigadier Wee to assassinate a politician in Finland just days before Christmas. But as soon as he lands in Helsinki, his cover is blown and the job starts going sideways.

THIS IS A SHORT STORY It's 2006 and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire, is having dinner by himself in Patpong, Bangkok, when a young lady comes along and makes him an indecent proposal. Will the Reliable Man decline the invitation or will he rise to the occasion?

THIS IS A SHORT STORY It's 1999 and Bill Jedburgh, formerly with the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire, has flown up to Shanghai to sort out a tricky problem involving computers. At first it's a bit confusing but eventually Jedburgh gets his man. There are also four women involved but that's the least you expect when it comes to the Reliable Man.

It's 2009 and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire is basking in the Mediterranean sun in the company of a sultry young Spanish lady. When a call comes in from his old taskmaster Brigadier Wee to report to the Governor of Gibraltar, Bill has to tear himself away from his pleasures and get back into harness for a job that involves a Royal Personage who is coming to visit the Rock.

It's 2001. The peace and order of Singapore are shattered when mercenaries try to kill former Royal Hong Kong Police inspector Bill Jedburgh and his friend Larry Lim. Brigadier Wee, head of the nation's foreign intelligence service has disappeared without a trace. Now the Reliable Man, accompanied by feisty Singapore Girl Jane Tan and a young Gurkha policeman, must locate the Brigadier in time to prevent a terrorist attack on the Lion City's most recognised institution.

THIS IS A SHORT STORY It's 2003 and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police, is on a scuba diving holiday in Phuket, Thailand with his American buddy Ed Cleveland. After enjoying the nightlife for a few days they head out on a live-aboard to the Mergui Archipelago. But this dive trip is not going to end well.

After dumping her boorish boyfriend, Madeleine LeMesurier takes a break from her job at a Hong Kong-based detective agency and signs up for a scuba diving holiday in Thailand. Despite the presence of hunky Australian investment banker Robert Maine on the dive boat, the vacation turns out far from idyllic when a series of strange accidents, a missing diver, and a baffling death occur. It seems not everyone on the boat is who they claim to be.

It's Christmas 1999 and the Reliable Man has taken time off from his usual work to spend the holidays with his buddy Ed Cleveland in Los Angeles. But before they get a chance to hit the hot nightspots there is another party going down at the airport ...

Denby LaRouche is a bright, athletic lawyer who works as the in-house counsel for an old-style Hong Kong trading firm. Although she loves the challenges of her job and doesn't miss what she left behind in London, her love life in the bustling harbour metropolis has been a disappointment so far. Most of the attractive Western men are busy pursuing big money and the doe-eyed Oriental girls. So when she meets the charming Randolph Cheng she has no expectations and tries to banish him from her thoughts. But this is harder than she thinks. As she applies her legal skills and female intuition to ...

Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police and now a gun for hire, is tasked by Brigadier Wee of Singapore's Security and Intelligence Divison to accompany Angel Fei, a gymnast who has recently defected from China, to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Could this be Singapore's first ever Gold medal? Pursuing glamorous Southern Belle, Regina Crisp, to the Big Apple, the Reliable Man comes face to face with the Buaya Cartel, now led by the deadly femme fatale Lavender Daai.

THIS IS A SHORT STORY It's 1999 and Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire, visits Kuala Lumpur to untangle a complication in his love life. A chance encounter in the Hard Rock Cafe leads to an unexpected assignment and a slew of dead bodies.

THIS IS A SHORT STORY It's 1987 and Bill Jedburgh is still an inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police recently transferred to G4, the VIP Protection Unit. When he and his colleagues are assigned to protect a visiting dignitary from London matters very nearly go wrong and Jedburgh meets some interesting characters who will influence him later in life.