the gripping spy thriller for fans of ROBERT HARRIS
The history of this episode is eventful enough and, in this second of the Wilde series, the author whips it up into an additionally dramatic, twisty thriller. * Daily Mail * Dramatic . . . pacy and assured * Daily Mail * The series really hits its stride with the second volume. The murder of a physicist is one of many storylines that Clements juggles with aplomb * Daily Express * Rory Clements evokes the nervous, reckless build up to the outbreak of war in a convincingly detailed thriller * Daily Mail * an elegant, tense spy thriller * Sunday Express * Political polarisation, mistrust and simmering violence * The Times * A standout historical novel and spy thriller * Daily Express * Enjoyable, bloody and brutish * Guardian * Sends a shiver down your spine * Daily Mail * A colourful history lesson . . . exciting narrative twists * Sunday Telegraph * If you want to kick start your year with a cracking historical thriller then Nucleus is for you. I really liked the first book in the Tom Wilde series, Corpus, but this follow up is even better. As a thorough researcher, Clements has an impeccable sense of time and place. There are some very nice misleading threads that keep the reader on their toes but ultimately it all comes together as the pace builds to a nice crescendo. I am already looking forward to the next Tom Wilde novel. This is a great read. * Nudge Books, Book Noir * Rory Clements has created two fine characters with Tom and Lydia and he deploys them with cleverness and skill. There's an air of intellectualism about these novels - as there would be with a professor for the central character - but there are no ivory towers here. The world is waking up to a second world war and Tom will have to get his hands dirty. With no doubt at all, this is one of the best historical and spy series being written today. I can't wait for more * For Winter Nights * A very satisfying thriller that captures the spirit of the era perfectly, enlightens the reader with its intelligent, but never overpowering, use of historical and social detail * Raven Crime Reads * Clements hits top gear in this entertaining new outing for the intrepid and unorthodox professor...In trademark Clements style, there are plot strands and twists aplenty as immaculately researched real history and a gripping sense of time and place blend seamlessly with a full-throttle, suspense-packed spy mystery that moves from Washington D.C. and the hallowed halls of Cambridge to German High Command in Berlin and the west coast of Ireland. Diverse characters like Nazi sympathisers, brave refugee smugglers and a Hollywood actress jostle with scientists, academics and politicians in a pulsating story that brings alive the fraught, paranoid and terrifying months when the world stood on the brink of war. Dark history with a thrilling fictional edge... * Lancashire Evening Post, Lytham St Annes Express, Lancaster Guardian, Leigh Observer, Blackpool Gazette, Wigan Today, The Visitor, Burnley Express * Apart from Wilde and Lydia, the reader doesn't quite know who to trust and there is an effective and genuine surprise at the end when the identity of an enemy agent is revealed. Well-researched and plausible, Nucleus offers an attractive combination of history and suspense. * SHOTS magazine * Nucleus is a fascinating historical thriller which is totally convincing in its authenticity, alive with menace and teeming with characters that stay with you long after the last page is turned. * Jaffa Reads Too * The author knows how to write a killer final paragraph of a chapter and the whole things zips along leaving this reader slightly breathless at the end. I dislike the word 'unputdownable' and I'll be honest I did put this book down...but only for the time it took to make a cup of tea and then I was rushing back to pick it up again. With more thrills than a 100mph burn-up on Tom Wilde's trusty Rudge Special, Rory Clements has produced another cracking historical thriller. If you though
RORY CLEMENTS is a Sunday Times bestselling author. He won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award for his second novel, Revenger, and a TV series of the John Shakespeare novels is currently in development. Rory lives in Norfolk with his family. Find out more at www.roryclements.co.uk.