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Knife Edge is the latest novel from acclaimed writer, Paul Adam, a timely, chillingly plausible thriller that lifts the lid on the secretive links between people smuggling, illegal agricultural labour and Britain's supermarkets. Crime reporter Joe Verdi investigates the murder of a Kurdish immigrant by Turkish people-traffickers in London. The dead man's wife, Irena, the key witness to the killing, flees to East Anglia where she disappears into the murky underworld of gangmasters and exploited foreign workers. The police are unable to trace Irena so Joe goes undercover as a migrant labourer to try to find her. But he's not the only one looking for her - the Turks are also on her trail. Meanwhile, Joe's colleague Ellie Mason is following up an outbreak of typhoid. The only link between the victims seems to be the supermarket chain where they bought their food. As the two reporters' investigations come together in a heart-stopping climax, the shocking truth about our industrialised system of food production is uncovered. There is a price to pay for cheap food - and sometimes that price is people's lives.
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Paul Adam is the author of nine previous novels, including Unholy Trinity, Shadow Chasers, Genesis II, Flash Point, Sleeper and Enemy Within. His books have sold widely in both the UK and around the world and have been translated into several foreign languages.
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Despite the crusading theme of the book Paul Adam is to be congratulated in taking a topical and emotive subject and turning it into an immensely readable book. And one thing is certain: the reader will never regard the supermarket chicken portions in quite the same light again. As to the inhumane treatment of immigrant workers, we universally deplore it yet cheap food to the table will ever blunt unified complaint.
This latest offering is thought provoking, well written and a must for all his followers.
This latest offering is thought provoking, well written and a must for all his followers.
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This is about the 4th Paul Adam book I've read...I've loved them all and this one didn't disappoint! As with some of his other books, the story line is brilliantly researched and incredibly topical - the all powerful supermarkets, illegal immigrants and potential disease epidemics. You feel as you read it that it could all be happening right now - frighteningly believable! The main characters are great too - funny, interesting, quirky and real. It really was a compulsive read, and one of those books you're disappointed to finish. I really hope there's another one from Adam soon!
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I could not put this book down. A really tightly written thriller which has opened my eyes to what goes on in the world of agriculture and Supermarkets. The sense of location and desperation is so well described. A story which could almost be a docudrama.
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