Deadly Game, Michael Caine
Deadly Game, Michael Caine
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Deadly Game
The stunning thriller from the screen legend Michael Caine

Author: Michael Caine

Narrator: Eddie Marsan

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/23/2023

Synopsis

An explosive international thriller from the Hollywood legend and British icon Sir Michael Caine.

DCI Harry Taylor has no respect for red tape or political reputations - but he's great at catching criminals.

And all his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep: a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive it is stolen in a violent raid.

With security agencies across the world on red alert, it's Harry and his unconventional team from the Met who must hit the streets in search of a lead. They soon have two wildly different suspects, aristocratic art dealer Julian Smythe in London and oligarch Vladimir Voldrev in Barbados. But the pressure is on. How much time does Harry have, and how many more players will join the action, before the missing uranium is lighting up the sky?

Deadly Game is a compelling, fast-paced audiobook of international intrigue and twisting suspense from a legendary actor and British icon, who now proves himself to be a first-rate thriller writer.

(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine CBE has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters and his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules. He has starred in over one hundred films, becoming well-known for several critically acclaimed performances including his first major film role in Zulu in 1964, followed by films including The Ipcress Files, Get Carter, Alfie, The Italian Job, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Educating Rita, and more recently The Dark Knight, Is Anybody There? and Harry Brown. He was appointed a CBE in 1992 and knighted in 2000 in recognition of his contribution to cinema. His 2018 memoir Blowing the Bloody Doors Off was a huge bestseller, and his first thriller - Deadly Game - was published to great acclaim in 2023. Married for more than 45 years, with two daughters and three grandchildren, he and his wife Shakira live in London and Surrey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on February 27, 2024

If you are wondering why the author’s name is familiar, you are right to wonder. This is Sir Michael Caine, CBE the Oscar winning actor for the film “Hannah and Her Sisters.” He even had a movie out in 2023, the year he celebrated turning 90 years old. I wanted to read this one, because of his notor......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 30, 2023

Perhaps the best and most reassuring comment I can make about Deadly Game, the debut novel from legendary actor (and national treasure) Michael Caine, is that you soon forget it's by legendary actor (and national treasure) Michael Caine. I'm not really a fan of thrillers in general, considering them......more

Goodreads review by Alayne on January 15, 2024

This was a great debut spy/thriller book from Michael. It was a little slow at times which you'd expect from these types of books. I enjoyed all the chases and twists in this book and would read more from Mr Caine.......more

Goodreads review by Amanda - on January 02, 2024

*[URL not allowed] 3.5 stars 🧨Penned by British film icon Michael Caine, the well-known and much-loved actor has retired from the screen but he has a new career in publishing, thanks to the release of his first novel Deadly Game. A high-octane thriller, headed by DCI Harry Taylo......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on February 04, 2024

This is Michael’s first fiction book. It is a police thriller set in London, with the lead character DCI Harry Taylor, not a fan of red tape but loves catching the bad guys. Now I wasn’t sure of the style that ai would be reading, and to be honest, I started reading it in Michael Caine’s voice…. It f......more

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Excellent . . . with an old-school hero and a plot rich in twists and turns . . . It's impossible to read this book without imagining Caine as the deadpan Harry . . . This is the book most Caine fans would hope he'd write: well-crafted and idiosyncratic. Sunday Telegraph

Hugely entertaining . . . think The Ipcress File and The Italian Job . . . The action does not flag for a moment . . . Told with Caine's trademark ironic humour, it's an old-fashioned delight Daily Mail

Thrilling Daily Express

Caine has a great ear for dialogue and his story zips along . . .There's bags of energy in this, and the denouement is a bonkers delight Observer

The novel is well-paced, building to a climax with some wrong turns, dead ends, and red herrings carefully planted along the way . . . [the] energy and drive make for a lively, page-turning read, peppered with some unexpected twists and turns. The highly theatrical denouement is startling, and Caine has done well to conceal certain secrets until the end Herald

Am impressively accomplished debut Irish Times

The fast-paced drama takes many twists in narrative, leaving you turning the pages in anticipation... With real edge-of-the-seat action, Deadly Game has a great feel of old-school heroics - and it proves difficult not to read some parts in Caine's distinctive Cockney accent Press Association

Consistently absorbing Private Eye

The drama takes many twists . . . With real edge-of-the-seat action i Paper

A remarkable debut by the 90-year-old British film star, who appears to draw from the language and drama of some of his movie hits such as Get Carter and Harry Browne . . . A fast-moving tale of international terror in which irascible DCI Harry Taylor must hunt down stolen radioactive material before it falls into the hands of ruthless criminals Irish Independent

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