London Large: Bloody Liberties

by Roy Robson

A nation under attack. Treason stalks the corridors of power. Can a renegade people’s army turn the tide? Bloody Liberties is the third book in the London Large crime thriller series. Harry ‘H’ Hawkins, now retired from the Metropolitan Police and living a serene life in the bosom of his family, wakes up one morning to find chaos and violence rampaging across Britain, from warzone-like football matches to terrorist bombs, from large-scale prison breakouts to inexplicable mass street fighting. With the authorities struggling to connect the dots H realizes that his domestic idyll is over - his city, and his country, need him.He receives information from a security service whistleblower that key players within the British establishment have been corrupted by those behind the chaos, and are involved in supporting their activities and aims - whatever they may be. As the mounting chaos threatens to pull the country apart H comes to understand that he and his colleagues are in uncharted waters; no one in authority can be trusted, fake news dominates the media and all usual channels of communication are subject to surveillance by Britain’s enemies. Can H, and the off-the-radar people’s army he puts together, identify the source of the chaos, shut down its operations and help restore order before a climactic outrage brings Britain to its knees? If you like hard-boiled, gritty, high-octane novels with terrific twists you'll love Bloody Liberties – let it take you on a thrilling rollercoaster ride through a contemporary world of violent criminality, technological chaos, political intrigue and everyday heroism.

398 pages, Paperback

Published October 10, 2017

Reviews

[Aurora]

The most recent Harry Hawkins story really takes it up a notch and is a political thriller that would have done Tom Clancy proud. When seemingly random events across England provide clues that they have a common link, Amisha turns to the retired Harry for help in piecing it all together. It's almost like old times, but this time the stakes are much higher than ever before.
I loved Bloody Liberties. It offers everything I look for in an action thriller. There's a puzzle to piece together and a cast of heroes who are deeply flawed and bend (indeed sometimes outright break) the law in their quest for the higher good. There are villains who are unscrupulous, vindictive and diabolically clever in their scheming. There are back room brawls, chases across the Scottish highlands and even a few cars, boats and helicopters, and given the chaos the world is experiencing today with terrorists, both foreign and domestic, politicians who've demonstrated their willingness to be bought for the right price and shadow figures lurking in the shadow world, playing a high stakes game for for the bad guys and the good, the story has a feeling of plausibility to it that wouldn't have been possible five or ten years ago.
If you love books full of political intrigue, crime, danger and real world heroes who are far from perfect but somehow get the job done, take a minute to put this one on your To Be Read list ... or better yet, buy it NOW. You won't regret it.

[Rosemary Hughes]

This story makes a sane person to rethink the continued dependency on computers and mobile devices. It shows how a regime with intent could cause havoc, simply by disruption of food supply and hospital networks.
The use of thug tactics, to undermine the everyday citizens, within their own locale, is another aspect that today's society is not able to cope with.
Yes, although a work of fiction, it lay bare our vulnerabilities, as well as giving us a wake up call to be aware of those that will exploit any weakness, for their own advantage.
I have voluntarily submitted this review after reading an advanced copy of this book.

[Tina]

Gritty action packed from start to finish. Very good read 😊

[Ken]

Too silly. Didn't finish it