Product Description

This is a stunning action thriller from a real-life hero. Kevin Dodds leads a dull, uneventful life. He has a steady job at the bank, a nice house and car. His wife goes to Bingo on a Saturday night, but he usually stays in to save money. But Kevin has spent enough quiet nights in watching TV and decides he'd like a night out himself. And he's not talking about a pint and a packet of peanuts down at the local. He's going to attempt to pull off a daring bank robbery single handed. Kevin is about to take a heart-thumping step into the unknown. For once, he's going to stop being the grey man...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7770 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

From the Back Cover
Kevin Dodds leads a dull, uneventful life. He has a steady job at the bank, a nice house and car. His wife goes to Bingo on a Saturday night, but he usually stays in to save money.

But Kevin has spent enough quite nights in watching TV and decides he'd like a night out himself. And he's not talking about a pint and a packet of peanuts down at the local. He's going to attempt to pull off a daring bank robbery single handed.

Kevin is about to take a heart-thumping step into the unknown.
For once, he's going to stop being the grey man...

About the Author
Andy McNab joined the infantry as a boy soldier. In 1984 he was 'badged' as a member of 22 SAS Regiment and was involved in both covert and overt special operations worldwide. During the Gulf War he commanded Bravo Two Zero, a patrol that, in the words of his commanding officer, 'will remain in regimental history for ever'. Awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his military career, McNab was the British Army's most highly decorated serving soldier when he finally left the SAS in February 1993. He wrote about his experiences in two phenomenal bestsellers, Bravo Two Zero, which was filmed in 1998 starring Sean Bean, and Immediate Action. He is the author of the bestselling novels, Remote Control, Crisis Four, Firewall, Last Light, Liberation Day and Dark Winter. Besides his writing work, he lectures to security and intelligence agencies in both the USA and UK.

Customer Reviews

Something different from Mr McNab
Andy McNab has written a mystery thriller here and he almost pulls it off. I only gave it 4 stars because it does not quite work for me, but it is a pleasurable read and I would recommend it. As a "quick read" it is obviously very short. Had Mr McNab had a full length novel format in which to develop the characters and the plot a little tiny bit more, I think it would have blown my hair back.

Stick to what your best at Andy...
He almost pulls this off but not quite. It is just my opinion but I dont think a mystery novel is 'Andy McNab'. I think Special Forces thrillers Yes! Absolutely! He has to be one of the best around for that, but who am I to cast such a judgement I hear you say. For the price of it I would definately say buy it. That way you can make your own mind up and it is quite an entertaining book for a 'Quick Read'. The best 'Quick Read' I've had for some time is 'A Sequence Of Events' by Robbie O'Grady. Now thats a real rough around the edges book, again probably written by a soldier with a story to tell. The Grey Man is an enjoyable story yes but stick to what you know Andy, bring us government conspiracies big guns and kung fu choke holds. Maybe if the plot had have been drawn out a bit more and the character's backgrounds a bit more detailed I would have gone for it. Dont let this review put you off though. I've put the effort into writing it so the book must have pleased me in one way or another. I suppose I was just surprised this was a McNab book. Different..!

A good short story
This is such a delightful little story and such an easy read. As an avid reader of David Nobbs's books, I noticed an immediate similarity between the hero of this story, Kevin Dodds, and those more famous Nobbs characters, Reginald Perrin and Henry Pratt. That takes nothing away from Kevin's adventure as he steps out of his life as a loyal and boring bank employee into the much more exciting mantle of a bank robber. You'll have to read it to find out more!