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... hugely enjoyable and distinctive ... blends the almost absurdist complexities required of the espionage genre with honed humour and meticulous historical research MORNING STAR
A series with promiseFINANCIAL TIMES
Nick Hellyer hunts a British diplomat turned Russian spy as the Greek military junta collapses in Athens and invading Turkish tanks storm across Cyprus.
Unravelling motives for the betrayal of country and the trust of others takes him into a world of divided loyalties, private tragedies and public massacres.
Sexual blackmail by the KGB, dirty tricks from the CIA and Greek terrorist attacks induce flashbacks to past traumas as he sieves suspects. A nightmarish interrogation while high on LSD opens up a path of self-discovery which leads him to the heart of a labyrinth of deceit.
Fans of Mick Herron, Charles Cumming, Robert Harris and John Le Carré will be enthralled by the most thought-provoking Hellyer novel yet.
If you want to experience an espionage thriller with gripping action, engaging enigmatic characters and intriguing plot twists, read Hellyer's Line now.
Review of Hellyer's Line by Mat Coward in Morning Star 4 Dec 2022
Hellyer’s Line is the third in this hugely enjoyable and distinctive series. As before, Philip Prowse blends the almost absurdist complexities required of the espionage genre with honed humour and meticulous historical research.
The story sees Nick Hellyer sent to Athens to uncover a double agent at the British embassy. As ever, Nick’s official assignment turns out to be the least of his problems. The military junta is in its last weeks, Turkey is about to invade Cyprus, and it’s really not a great time to be British in Greece.
On the streets many see British functionaries as merely junior Americans, and therefore legitimate targets, while some still remember Churchill’s wicked, blood-soaked betrayal of Greek democracy in 1944.
Genre: Thriller
A series with promiseFINANCIAL TIMES
Nick Hellyer hunts a British diplomat turned Russian spy as the Greek military junta collapses in Athens and invading Turkish tanks storm across Cyprus.
Unravelling motives for the betrayal of country and the trust of others takes him into a world of divided loyalties, private tragedies and public massacres.
Sexual blackmail by the KGB, dirty tricks from the CIA and Greek terrorist attacks induce flashbacks to past traumas as he sieves suspects. A nightmarish interrogation while high on LSD opens up a path of self-discovery which leads him to the heart of a labyrinth of deceit.
Fans of Mick Herron, Charles Cumming, Robert Harris and John Le Carré will be enthralled by the most thought-provoking Hellyer novel yet.
If you want to experience an espionage thriller with gripping action, engaging enigmatic characters and intriguing plot twists, read Hellyer's Line now.
Review of Hellyer's Line by Mat Coward in Morning Star 4 Dec 2022
Hellyer’s Line is the third in this hugely enjoyable and distinctive series. As before, Philip Prowse blends the almost absurdist complexities required of the espionage genre with honed humour and meticulous historical research.
The story sees Nick Hellyer sent to Athens to uncover a double agent at the British embassy. As ever, Nick’s official assignment turns out to be the least of his problems. The military junta is in its last weeks, Turkey is about to invade Cyprus, and it’s really not a great time to be British in Greece.
On the streets many see British functionaries as merely junior Americans, and therefore legitimate targets, while some still remember Churchill’s wicked, blood-soaked betrayal of Greek democracy in 1944.
Genre: Thriller
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