Madrigal
The Cold War is at its height.
And Boysie Oakes is back in another terrifying adventure.
The reluctant assassin has been sent to Berlin to make a kill 'in the cold' on the other side of the Wall.
Trying to remember his own code-name, he is soon battling enemies that include
Russian secret servicemen, psychotropic drugs and a silky Chinese stripper called Rosy Puberty.
Both the Soviets and the Chinese want to track down his target, and Boysie is caught up in a deadly game of power politics.
And despite his best efforts, Boysie finds himself drawn into a far more sinister conspiracy - a face-to-face confrontation with the legendary Soviet spymaster General Khavichev.
‘Madrigal’ is the fourth in the Boysie Oakes series of novels by John Gardner. Tightly written and packed with incredible twists, ‘Madrigal’ is a brilliant continuation of the story of Gardner’s cowardly professional assassin.
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John Gardner
John Edmund Gardner was a British novelist. He was born in the village of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland as the son of a clergyman. He briefly attended Cottham’s Preparatory School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1931, and after the family had moved to Wantage in Berkshire in 1933, King Alfred’s School 1934–1943. He joined the Home Guard at the start of the Second World War and in 1943 the Royal Marines. He left the army four years later as his father wanted him to read theology. He earned his BA at St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1950 and completed his degree at Oxford. Gardner was ordained into the Anglican Church in 1953.
Boysie Oakes Thriller
Boysie Oakes Thriller consists of eight primary books, and includes two additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
