The Clown Service

by Guy Adams

Overview

Toby Greene has been reassigned. After one screw-up too many, he finds himself at a largely forgotten branch of the British Intelligence Service, working for August Shining, a Cold War relic, and charged with defending the country from paranormal terrorism. But when an ex-Soviet-era enemy returns with an insidious plan to raise the dead and destroy London, it seems Toby's impossible job is to save Great Britain—whether he believes it or not.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780091953157
Publisher:	Random House UK
Publication date:	04/01/2016
Series:	The Clown Service , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Guy Adams is the author of more than 20 books. They include The Sherlock Files, new adventures for Sherlock Holmes in The Breath of God and The Army of Dr Moreau, novels in the Torchwood series including The House that Jack Built, and the Heaven's Gate Trilogy, which includes The Good the Bad and the Infernal.

Editorial Reviews

05/30/2016
Toby Greene keeps failing as a U.K. intelligence agent. Exiled to Section 37, whose only other member is an elderly man who seems delusional and irrational, Toby’s soon caught up in the ultimate sleeper-agent plot, battling Cold War demons—and his own personal one—in a silly-serious supernatural spy adventure. Adams (Once upon a Time in Hell) struggles with structure; third- and first-person accounts are interspersed with stop-and-start narration of events in present-day London and its recent past. There’s also a sense of familiar ground: a clueless guy gets educated by an older mentor to stop a paranormal threat, aided by a large cast of quirky folks and wink-nod references. Adams makes up for it by creating immediately likable characters and managing to imbue some overused tropes with new (un)life, giving readers just enough incentive to stick with the series. (July)

Publishers Weekly