- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Sphere; New edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751534080
- ISBN-13: 978-0751534085
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 645,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A respected modern historian with a secure job at a red-brick university, father of two in a happy marriage, Tom leads a content and fulfilled life. Then he is arrested. Charged with down-loading child pornography. He is suspended from his post and his wife cannot look him in the eye. He knows he is innocent, but even when he proves he was fifty miles away from his computer when the images were down-loaded he realises he has to find out who set him up before anyone will believe him. But first he has to work out why anyone would want to ruin him. What could he know or do which could be such a threat that someone would maniuplate the legal system against him at the highest level?
About the Author
Paul Adam is a journalist and the author of several novels. He has recently returned to the city of his birth after spending several years in Nottingham.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I made the mistake of picking up 'The Enemy Within' one Sunday morning recently just to see what it was like. I found it such a gripping read, that I sat down and read the whole book from cover to cover in one sitting! This is the first of Paul Adam's books that I have read, and if they are all of this high quality, then I can't wait to sample the others!
It is clear that Paul Adam researches his subject thoroughly. His writing is tight, crisp and punchy, and any reader will find himself or herself being completely consumed by it and dragged along at quite a pace. He does not waste words or use words where they are not needed.
None of his characters is a superman. They are all human and have their weaknesses, just like the rest of us.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I have no hesitation in recommending it.
It is clear that Paul Adam researches his subject thoroughly. His writing is tight, crisp and punchy, and any reader will find himself or herself being completely consumed by it and dragged along at quite a pace. He does not waste words or use words where they are not needed.
None of his characters is a superman. They are all human and have their weaknesses, just like the rest of us.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I have no hesitation in recommending it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you believe the State has an all-seeing spy system set up in the UK, then this is the thriller for you. Although I am sure this will arrive, at present it remains a fictional idea which makes this book a little hard to understand. Hard, because by using such a system, an innocent teacher is suddenly on the run, wanted by the State for crimes he didn't commit but can't prove, finding himself at the mercy of his pursuers who know almost before he does where he's going.
Initially it seems the teacher has stumbled on a death supposedly covered up by the authorities during the miners' strike and there is still much bitterness coursing through the book about that period when the UK was brought to a standstill by unelected communists. However, this death is not the issue and the Tom Whitehead, the teacher, needs all the help he can get to clear his name and come out smiling. Enter Moran, an ex-policeman who can call in old favours to try to help his new client. The action moves around the North with a quick journey to London as the plot unfolds.
I didn't have much time for these characters. Even another death close to home doesn't really seem to bother them but then, we northerners are made of stern stuff, I'm told. Anyway, it certainly makes for an interesting read. This is the first book by this author I've read. If I choose another one, I'll be a little more careful about the subject matter before buying it.
Initially it seems the teacher has stumbled on a death supposedly covered up by the authorities during the miners' strike and there is still much bitterness coursing through the book about that period when the UK was brought to a standstill by unelected communists. However, this death is not the issue and the Tom Whitehead, the teacher, needs all the help he can get to clear his name and come out smiling. Enter Moran, an ex-policeman who can call in old favours to try to help his new client. The action moves around the North with a quick journey to London as the plot unfolds.
I didn't have much time for these characters. Even another death close to home doesn't really seem to bother them but then, we northerners are made of stern stuff, I'm told. Anyway, it certainly makes for an interesting read. This is the first book by this author I've read. If I choose another one, I'll be a little more careful about the subject matter before buying it.
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I put this on my kindle as it was a choice for my readers group to discuss. I found the style of writing simplistic and it was a very quick read. The plot was a very plausible scenario of wrongful accusation of a college lecturer on child pornography charges. However as the 'hero' of the book I found the central character, Tom Whitehead, most annoyingly niave, especially as he was supposed to be a college lecturer. It was an entertaining novel but it didn't instil my sympathy for any of the characters.
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Fascinating book, it is so believable it's frightening. The plot is very good, runs at a racy pace, and is well written. Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Clancey
it could happen to anyone
Having read other Paul Adam books, I expected an intellingent page-turning rollercoaster of a thriller - I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2007 by Book Buff
A well designed mystery
Tom Whitehead had never heard of Operation Gold Dust. Why would he? No reason for respected middle-class academic, loving husband and father of two to be aware of an international... Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2007 by HORAK
Enemy Within
Truly unputdownable, a real page-turner. If the "faceless ones" have the powers depicted in this book, this country is more frightening than I realized. BRILLIANT!
Published on 29 Aug 2007 by Mr. Alan Mcdonald
A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING
The first Paul Adam I read was Sleeper - a fascinating thriller about a violin (yes, a violin!). I then read all his other books in one go and really looked forward to Enemy... Read more
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