The Columbian Connection

About the Book

Judge Jeremy Smythe-Thomson is presiding over the trial of two Colombian drug suppliers; the senior drug baron is Luiz Costello. The judge receives a phone call, telling him the drug baron’s gang has kidnapped his only daughter Julia, and if he does not find a way to release the Colombians, she will be killed. The judge calls on the help of Elliot and his friend Adam, the latter being ex-SAS and now operates a top-security organization. Adam traces where the girl is being kept and secures her release. The Colombians are then given heavy jail sentences. However, the gang manages to rescue Luiz. Before Luiz escapes from Britain, he gives orders to kill the judge, which they do. Adam then once again becomes involved as he sets out to bring Costello back from Columbia to continue his jail sentence. To do this, he makes contact with Leo Wallace, an American friend from his time in the First Gulf War who, Adam believes, is now heading up a CIA section in Miami. It turns out that Leo is also keen to deal with Costello. With a group of ex-army colleagues, they hatch a plan to bring this man to justice. However, unknown to Adam, Leo’s intentions are for a different type of justice.

About the Author

He was born and educated in Edinburgh, spending his earlier career in the travel and transport industries, which allowed him to travel extensively. Later, he joined a criminal law firm as a precognition officer. He also studied the psychology of the criminal mind. Being an avid reader of thriller novels led him to start to write his own. This novel is his third.