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Title: President Down

Author: Terence Strong

Narrator: Martyn Read

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-17

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Former intelligence officer and one-time instructor at the British Army School of Sniping, Phil Mason is struggling to make ends meet as a private investigator when he's contacted by his former MI5 liaison officer. The overstretched security service needs all the help it can get hunting down members of al-Qaeda terror cells in the UK - and Mason needs the cash. But in the murky intelligence world, nothing is what it seems.

As a routine operation escalates into an international crisis, Mason must come to terms with the unthinkable: there must be a traitor within Britain's security forces. Entering a desperate race again time to avert a major terrorist threat, Mason must hastily re-hone his old skills as he returns to the business he swore he had left behind forever.

Members Reviews:

A good story with plenty of false leads ( I was ...

A good story with plenty of false leads ( I was Wrong till almost the end) It was an easy going read but with a clever plot and sub plots a real good who is it, it meandered on its way leaving plenty of calling cards along the way with a considerable number of bodies. It was cleverly put together and while there were plots and sub plots it was always easy to remember the story line. At one point I asked myself am I reading the correct book as the title did not seem to fit until well on into the book. Then when it was revealed the story line was very good until it's conclusion

A great read

Excellent story. First I've read by this author. Kept me interested throughout. Looking forward to reading more of Terence Strongs novels.

The spies in England

`President Down' is an English book that unless you are familiar with some of the British military terminology you might need translations: DPM - disruptive pattern material - what we would call camouflage, when the agents talk about visiting Grosvenor Square they are going to the American Embassy, GCHQ is their intelligence headquarters. Terence Strong really does very little translating for his American audience and some are not easy to figure out or familiar to Americans, some like MI5 or MI6, the tube might be more well-known.

There are also some interesting insights to the British view of the war on terror and of President Bush, who is the president in the title. However there is very little of the president in here. Some of the statistics mentioned, like US aid to Israel are questionable - so know that some tolerance for these factors are going to be needed to enjoy reading this; as is a lot of the radical Muslim rants about "the most evil man in history".

There is really no mention of the president until page 286. There are over 500 pages in the novel, it is somewhat drawn out in places. There is a double twist at the end, that I never saw coming - either one, and usually they are pretty obvious to me. For most of the book the settings are realistic, however it ends at a non-existent RAF/USAF Airbase.

If you make it through the 500 pages and the British military information, you can still smile at the hero and main character, a former British marine sniper, who after a botched break in, waits for the authorities and makes a cup of tea for everyone.

So... for those of us that enjoy political/military/suspense you might appreciate this English author and this book.

A bit anti American

I have enjoyed other Terence Strong books and assumed this one would be no different.