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The Downings Awakening: The Coulter Confessions, #3
The Downings Awakening: The Coulter Confessions, #3
The Downings Awakening: The Coulter Confessions, #3
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The Downings Awakening is the third novel in JP Hidcote's The Coulter Confessions series which tracks the chequered career of British Security Services operative Edwin Coulter from the early 80's to the end of the 20th century.  The Downings Awakening finds Coulter operating undercover in the Irish Republic in the dying weeks of 1984 with the Ulster Troubles at their height.  It is a furiously paced tale of intrigue and betrayal which builds to a chilling climax as Coulter battles to stay alive under pressure from both friends and foes.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Kelly
Release dateJun 26, 2020
ISBN9781916176638
The Downings Awakening: The Coulter Confessions, #3
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J P Hidcote

J P Hidcote is a British author who has had a varied working life starting in the construction industry before joining the British Government Civil Service and moving to Technology Project management in the international banking sector. Born in South Wales of Irish parentage and educated in Scotland and England he believes that he grew up with a unique insight into the complexities of national identity in the British Isles. Hidcote cites his experience of trials and tribulations project management in the public and private sectors as an invaluable resource for a novelist. The Lubeck Diversion is the fifth of a series of novels based around the career of Edwin Coulter in the British Intelligence Services from the 1980's to the end of the 20th century. The Lubeck Diversion follows the rehabilitation of the hero after the near catastrophic end to his mission in Ireland. It is an exploration of way that a shared experience can affect each individual in a dramatically different manner. It takes Coulter from sun kissed Cyprus to winter in the old Hanseatic city of Lubeck before a dramatic conclusion in the Rhineland.

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