Shots Editors Mike Stotter
and Ali Karim were delighted to join International Thriller Writers [ITW] Executive
Director Kim KJ Howe
for lunch in Mayfair yesterday.
Kim has been busy, launching
her insightful and adrenaline pumping debut THE
FREEDOM BROKER, an international thriller that is as prescient as it is
exciting.
Kim discussed this work,
with Shots here
and I wrote at the time –
Filled with trade-craft, espionage
techniques, as well as a vast array of characters and compassion, this action
orientated thriller twisted and turned like an African river. It delves into
many themes, which at times was revelatory and at times perplexing; though with
Thea Paris; her confidence and that of her cohorts, one did feel a sense of
reassurance that she would be able to manage despite what was thrown at her,
and her team.
Read the Full Review Here
Kim was in London researching
her follow-up, as she is carving a solid reputation within the world of Exfiltration
and Hostage recovery. She met with Peter
Moore a British IT expert who spent 31
months in captivity after being kidnapped in Iraq. Peter joined us for
lunch which was a delight to meet this remarkably upbeat engineer who survived
being trapped in the Middle East.
Read
more about Peter Moore Here
Also joining
us were Peter James, who has released his latest Roy Grace thriller NEED YOU DEAD [and is reviewed here
at Shots Magazine]; Journalists Jon Coates of The Express, Jake Kerridge of The
Telegraph, Karen Robinson
of The Sunday Times and of course Barry
Forshaw [who has his AMERICAN NOIR
on release and reviewed at Shots Magazine here].
Kim
gave us all a little insight into the real-life world of Hostage Exfiltration, which
forms the spine of her Thriller Fiction, as well as a quick Q & A with the
guests which might amuse you, and I wonder who might be the one who mentions
Lysergic Acid.
Shots Magazine
would like pass our thanks to Kim Howe, Sophie Ransome and Rachel Kennedy of
MIDAS for organising a fine lunch, with excellent company and a great deal of
laughter, as humour sometimes allows us to cope with the darkness of this
reality.
Earlier
this year, Kim Howe and Lee
Child were recorded in conversation in New York’s Mysterious Bookshop,
which we present below -
The ebook for The
Freedom Broker is currently available from Headline Publishing in the UK
and the paperback will be released on 27 July 2017.
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