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Dead Line | 
 enlarge | Author: Stella Rimington
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Category: Book
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1220
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 184724310X
EAN: 9781847243102
ASIN: 184724310X
Publication Date: October 2, 2008
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 Highly realistic counter terrorism novel October 21, 2008
pointone (Bournemouth UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dead Line
When this book came up on my Amazon recommendations I was initially attracted by the cover, subsequently proving to be exactly as I imagine Liz Carlisle.
Deadline is my first Stella Rimington novel and I am impressed, the entire setting and characters within MI5 seem real (as they should from a former head of the service) and the plot development exudes authenticity.
Liz Carlyle is a great creation, single, relentlessly tenacious and with a rather suppressed feminine side trying to assert itself. My one query is are all Security Service personnel in real life absorbed in the prospect of relationships with their immediate colleagues?
However real life is not fiction, and as the series continues I think a little more hyping up of reality will be needed to sustain long term interest.
If you like slightly laid back counter terrorism fiction this is definitely for you.
 Best of the Four October 9, 2008
Thrill-a-Minute (London)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Having now read all four of Stella Rimington's books, I think this is far and away the best. It is very well written, pacey, and with a strong plot that had me racing through to the end -- there is lots of action.The characters are well drawn and Liz, the protagonist, has become an increasingly alluring heroine -- resolute yet human, clever but intuitive as well. The repeat appearances of Liz's sidekick Peggy and Liz's boss Charles Wetherby are starting to give an ensemble feel to the cast which I like, but there are some new figures -- an embittered CIA officer named Bokus; a Mossad veteran who's seen it all -- who are equally intriguing.
All in all, I thought this was a great read.
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