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About Thin Ice

It was a simple errand. Collect a package. Save the world. ‘Part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all hero’—Jeffrey Deaver But when Bill Kemp’s contact washes up dead on the frozen banks of the Danube, where the Iron Curtain falls across the map of Europe, he’s thrown into the heart of a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to destabilise the continent. With winter closing in and enemies on all sides, Kemp must risk a daring expedition across the Austrian Alps to Switzerland. His introduction to the dark world of espionage will prove as deadly as those bleak, beautiful mountains. Readers love this series: 'Transports you to the location like a great movie' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A gripping fast past thriller with plenty of plot twists and turns' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Taut writing, with plenty of twists and turns. I look forward to much more from Michael Davies' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What a delight to read old style story telling' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A damn good thriller that kept me turning the pages right to the end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reviews Praise for the previous books in this series: ‘What a wonderful book! And a protagonist for all time, Bill Kemp – part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all hero. A brilliant and timeless novel.’ JEFFERY DEAVER ‘Exotic, wild and dangerous – and Land Rovers, naturally.’ MIKE RIPLEY ‘Faithful to Desmond Bagley.’ THE TIMES About the author Michael Davies began his career as a newspaper journalist and editor and a professional theatre critic. Since moving into fiction, his writing has appeared on stage, screen, radio, the printed page and online. His debut play won a national competition, and subsequent work includes Tess – The Musical, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A lifelong Desmond Bagley fan, he completed for publication Bagley’s ‘lost’ manuscript, Domino Island, nearly forty years after the author’s death, followed by his own original novel, Outback, in 2023.