Book of the Week

The Doctor by Tom Conti

Tom Conti, one of Britain's most gifted and versatile actors, makes his writing debut with his novel, The Doctor.

Hal is haunted by his violent past as a Secret Operations Pilot with the Intelligence services. In an attempt to shake off his past Hal flees England and his tempestuous lover Francesca to begin a new life in Africa. But there, in the flying doctor service, love and death send his life spiraling once again into deception and danger. Adopting a new identity he returns home where he quickly realizes the past is not easily shed and that fear and the unexpected lurk at every turn. This debut Novel is a sexy thriller which is often intensely moving.

13 September 2005