However, on the eve of Sami's parole, 'Baby Ray' Garza, the ne'er-do-well son of the undisputed king of the London underworld - Ray 'The Chairman' Garza - is arrested for possession of eight kilogrammes of cocaine and a Beretta 93R machine pistol he 'borrowed' from sociopathic thug Tony Murphy. While a guest of Her Majesty's Prison Services, he avoids becoming his fellow inmates' newest source of 'entertainment' by playing along with the illusion that he is indeed an accomplished safecracker worthy of their 'respect' and manages to earns the nickname 'Sparkles' as a result.

until he was found in possession of a priceless gem stolen by one of his roadies and imprisoned for five years. Instead, his sole ambition had been to be a guitar god in his own band. With an uncanny knack of turning a desperate situation into a hopeless one, Sami Macbeth is no super spy like James Bond or Jack Bauer. Gritty, fast paced, and peppered with violence and black humour in equal measure, Michael Robotham's Bombproof is a literary rollercoaster set in contemporary London and featuring one of the most unlikely anti-heroes of recent times. A tall order for anyone - but especially for someone being hunted by every military and police agency in the United Kingdom as a suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist. Clear your name - and not necessarily in that sequence. Beat the worst of London's underworld at their game.

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