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2000s: The life of a Close protection officer – especially a female one – is complicated and cruel
Safe From Harm
What you need to know before your trail
Sam Wylde is a Close Protection Officer to the rich and powerful. In a world dominated by men, being a woman has been an advantage. And she is the best in the business at what she does.
She takes a job protecting the daughter of the Sharifs – Pakistani textile tycoons – but she realises that there is more to their organisation than meets the eye and suddenly she finds herself in danger.
Now she is trapped underground, with no light, no signal and no escape. Dangerous men are coming to hurt her, and the young charge she is meant to be protecting. With time running out, can she channel everything she knows to keep them safe from harm…?
Travel Guide
London
Set largely in London, there are many references to the worst and most violent parts of the world – Russian businesmen, Pakistani businessmen of all descriptions work in the shadows here, needing the protection of those who can keep them from harm from their enemies. For this is a London based on enemies and hiding places, looking over your shoulder, and categorising each and every day – no every second of every day a degree of danger – Red, orange or yellow? It can change in an instant as no two seconds are the same in this job.
The HQ of the spy organisation she works for is located in nice and leafy Knightsbridge. Creative Security Solutions with the emphasis seemingly on the Creative part. Further away in St Johns Wood is the creatively named Civil Nuclear Constabulary Metropolitan Armoury. All part of The Circuit.
Some familiar addresses perhaps but an underworld of spies and movements in the shadows of a city that if you blink you never see. And if you blink on the job, it could mean death.
Booktrailer Review
Clare: @thebooktrailer
Jack Reacher in female form. This is a novel which if you excuse the pun really does pack a punch. Sam has a job as a female Close Protection Officer and her daily routine is protecting her clients from kidnap, extortion, and a whole lot worse. Every day is awarded a colour – a level of danger -and every view, every person is a suspect, every situations a danger.
The book is based on real-life experiences apparently which the author has either been in or done as they read very authentically. Not the job for me that’s for sure – and the scenes trapped in that dark space – well, not somewhere I’d like to be in real life.
There are some snappy one liners here – a CPO with a sense of humour and a unique view on life is refreshing. A quick fire read and the thrill of the chase streaks across the pages!
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Safe From Harm
Author/Guide: RJ Bailey Destination: London Departure Time: 2000s
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