{"title":"Frank Gardner","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Gardner’s novels immerse readers in gripping crime and thriller narratives, marked by high-stakes suspense and intricate plots. His stories often blend fast-paced action with sharp insights into global conflicts, delivering a compelling mix of intrigue and drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans can expect tense confrontations and daring missions that explore themes of loyalty and danger, all set against vivid backdrops. 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Could the People's Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe world is on high alert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBritain's Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership—an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A 'collector' is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged, and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China's feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry nightclubs, and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan—a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it's there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and an in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving, and explosive thriller yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner's thrillers are...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFast, taut, tense, accurate.\u003c\/em\u003e — Frederick Forsyth\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eUtterly authentic.\u003c\/em\u003e — Daily Mail\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEnthralling, intelligent.\u003c\/em\u003e — Financial Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNerve-shredding.\u003c\/em\u003e — Tony Parsons\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHeart-in-mouth.\u003c\/em\u003e — i-Newspaper\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCompulsively readable.\u003c\/em\u003e — Radio Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549404975340,"sku":"9781787635487","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12883913482824.jpg?v=1749900294"},{"product_id":"invasion-by-frank-gardner-9780552178747","title":"Invasion","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the bestselling names in British spy thrillers, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner's new novel sees MI6 operative Luke Carlton racing against time to prevent the next geo-political cataclysm - China's threatened invasion of Taiwan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the explosive new Luke Carlton spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and BBC security correspondent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Everything is impressive in this masterly account . . . 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But before Britain's Secret Intelligence Service can get hold of the data, the 'collector' sent to recover it is abducted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs global tensions rise, MI6 operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious information she carries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs, and down multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan - a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it's there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and his in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving, and explosive thriller yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Frank Gardner:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' - Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Jackal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Utterly authentic.' - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thriller writing of a high order.' - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Nerve-shredding.' - Tony Parsons, bestselling author of the Max Wolfe series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Heart-in-mouth.' - i-Newspaper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compulsively readable.' - Radio Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549414871276,"sku":"9780552178747","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780552178747.jpg?v=1750032362"},{"product_id":"ballistic-by-frank-gardner-9781787635500","title":"Ballistic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the action powering its way from the frozen wastes of the Russian Arctic to the warm azure sea of the Caribbean, \u003cem\u003eBallistic\u003c\/em\u003e is the explosive, frighteningly relevant and alarmingly prescient new international thriller from BBC security correspondent and Sunday Times bestseller Frank Gardner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe new Luke Carlton thriller.\u003c\/em\u003e MI6 operative Luke Carlton returns in his most exciting and unnervingly up-to-the-minute mission yet... 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His mission: to secure the safe extraction of this vital MI6 asset and secure the intel he has in his possession, because it seems that we could be staring Armageddon in the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's then that things start to go devastatingly wrong...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBreathlessly exciting, brilliantly authentic and unnervingly prescient, \u003cem\u003eBallistic\u003c\/em\u003e is the new Luke Carlton thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author and journalist who has his finger on the pulse of 21st century geopolitics and knows where the dangerous flashpoints are likely to be...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Frank Gardner's other Luke Carlton thrillers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Tensions rise to boiling point... Gardner cuts to the molten core of a modern flashpoint in an electric thriller.'\u003c\/em\u003e – SUN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fast, taut, tense, accurate. 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