The Prisoner of Acre by Murray Bailey
My ranking: 4 of 5 stars
The Prisoner Of Acre is an motion thriller set in Israel throughout 1949.
Throughout this turbulent time, Army Police Officer Ash Carter was despatched to Haifa to select up an AWOL soldier. The British had handed over navy management in 1948; now, after latest harsh preventing, an armistice was in negotiation—inhabitants of the lands nervously awaited the result. Carter was anticipated to gather his soldier and be on the subsequent boat out, because the British had been solely simply tolerated by all sides.
The AWOL soldier was being held in Acre; the journey concerned getting by way of a number of checkpoints with conflict-ready troopers—fingers ever prepared on gun triggers. Nonetheless, when Carter and his individuals arrived on the historic city, as soon as been held by the Crusaders, they had been disillusioned to search out that their prisoner had escaped.
The hunt begins!
The setting and the story had been very well-written. I might simply image the numerous checkpoints that interrupted each journey, the war-torn cities, the ebb and movement of individuals caught within the preventing and the worry and mistrust between the nations. I favored the combo of historical past and thriller. The story clipped alongside at an excellent tempo and there have been sufficient components to maintain the narrative edgy and adrenaline crammed, whereas immersing the reader in part of the world that continues to be stuffed with battle.
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Guide description:
Ash Carter returns to Israel on what must be an easy mission. Nonetheless there’s a thriller. Why did Alfred Duffy go AWOL from the British Military, go to Israel after which hand himself in at Acre Jail. The thriller deepens when Carter finds that Duffy escaped simply as he arrived. The hunt begins however because the thriller unravels in direction of an thrilling climax, it turns into unclear who’s the hunter and who the hunted.
