TONY KENT chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller THE SHADOW NETWORK, Dempsey & Devlin, Chiltern Kills, and obsessive hobby, working on TV true crime, conspiracy, the ensemble cast, the law.
THE SHADOW NETWORK How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war criminal Hannibal Strauss are caught up in a terror attack in The Hague, barrister Michael Devlin immediately suspects all is not what it seems. Teaming up once more with Agent Joe Dempsey, they must find who’s behind it all before any more innocent lives are lost.With their key witness on the run and assassins on their tail, their only lead is a codename: the Monk, a legendary and mysterious foreign agent with a fearsome reputation. But what is his stake in this dangerous game? And just who is part of his shadowy network of spies? Caught in a complicated web of lies, secrets and double agents, there’s no one Dempsey and Devlin can trust but themselves.
TONY KENT is a thriller writer, a criminal barrister and a former champion boxer. He writes the bestselling Joe Dempsey / Michael Devlin series of political and legal action thrillers which began in 2018 with 'Killer Intent' and continued in 2019 with 'Marked For Death', in 2020 with 'Power Play' and again in 2021 with 'No Way To Die'. The fifth book in the series - 'The Shadow Network', a bang up-to-date, torn from the news thriller set across Europe and the US and featuring the threat of Russian Intelligence and embedded covert assets, all set against the backdrop of the International Criminal Court - is out in hardback on 15th February 2024.
In 20-plus years at the criminal Bar Tony has prosecuted and defended in some of the country’s highest-profile criminal trials. Throughout his career Tony has dealt not only with the UK government but also with Scotland Yard, the NCA, MI5 and the FBI, as well as some of the UK and Europe’s best known organised crime groups. Tony's legal practice is based in Mayfair in London. Tony also appears as a legal commentator as a criminal law specialist on a variety of television programmes including Netflix hits 'My Lover, My Killer' and 'Meet, Marry, Murder'. Tony's books have been picked for 'The Richard and Judy Book Club' and 'The Zoe Ball Book Club', as well as being 'Thriller of the Month' picks for 'The Times'.
Recommendations:
Writer: David Baldacci
Film: Oppenheimer
Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. His first book An Encyclopedia of Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.
Music courtesy of Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALE
Produced by Junkyard Dog
Crime Time
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Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023
CrimeFest 2023
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& Newcastle Noir 2023
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TONY KENT chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller THE SHADOW NETWORK, Dempsey & Devlin, Chiltern Kills, and obsessive hobby, working on TV true crime, conspiracy, the ensemble cast, the law.
THE SHADOW NETWORK How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war criminal Hannibal Strauss are caught up in a terror attack in The Hague, barrister Michael Devlin immediately suspects all is not what it seems. Teaming up once more with Agent Joe Dempsey, they must find who’s behind it all before any more innocent lives are lost.With their key witness on the run and assassins on their tail, their only lead is a codename: the Monk, a legendary and mysterious foreign agent with a fearsome reputation. But what is his stake in this dangerous game? And just who is part of his shadowy network of spies? Caught in a complicated web of lies, secrets and double agents, there’s no one Dempsey and Devlin can trust but themselves.
TONY KENT is a thriller writer, a criminal barrister and a former champion boxer. He writes the bestselling Joe Dempsey / Michael Devlin series of political and legal action thrillers which began in 2018 with 'Killer Intent' and continued in 2019 with 'Marked For Death', in 2020 with 'Power Play' and again in 2021 with 'No Way To Die'. The fifth book in the series - 'The Shadow Network', a bang up-to-date, torn from the news thriller set across Europe and the US and featuring the threat of Russian Intelligence and embedded covert assets, all set against the backdrop of the International Criminal Court - is out in hardback on 15th February 2024.
In 20-plus years at the criminal Bar Tony has prosecuted and defended in some of the country’s highest-profile criminal trials. Throughout his career Tony has dealt not only with the UK government but also with Scotland Yard, the NCA, MI5 and the FBI, as well as some of the UK and Europe’s best known organised crime groups. Tony's legal practice is based in Mayfair in London. Tony also appears as a legal commentator as a criminal law specialist on a variety of television programmes including Netflix hits 'My Lover, My Killer' and 'Meet, Marry, Murder'. Tony's books have been picked for 'The Richard and Judy Book Club' and 'The Zoe Ball Book Club', as well as being 'Thriller of the Month' picks for 'The Times'.
Recommendations:
Writer: David Baldacci
Film: Oppenheimer
Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. His first book An Encyclopedia of Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.
Music courtesy of Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALE
Produced by Junkyard Dog
Crime Time
Crime Time FM is the official podcast of
Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023
CrimeFest 2023
CWA Daggers 2023
& Newcastle Noir 2023
2024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers