BOOKSHELF: The Greater Bad
Alan Cork
Amazon Kindle, £5.74, www.thegreaterbad.com
When copywriter Martin Lock loses his job following an acquisition by the murky merger corporate, QPL, an unexpected and terrifying train of events ensues. Why has his closest friend been killed? Who is Mr. Stone – who are the Life Stealers, and what is the meaning of the codeword, Athena? And more, importantly, how can our hero keep alive in a world that has suddenly turned upside-down, a world in which he is now a hunted animal? Institute member, Alan Cork, has hit the world of thriller-writing at full speed in his keypad-tingling new e-novel – a sort of journalists’ North by Northwest, or perhaps a modern version of The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Twists and turns through the streets of London lead Martin Lock to the dark heart of a cult formed in Victorian times – a movement that seeks, not the greater good, but its exact opposite. The murder-conspiracy genre has found a new exponent in the form of CIoJ member, Alan Cork, an author who makes you jittery just at the thought of the new management team that is about to take over your company…
