Clear Water by Ashon, Will

Book is a softcover that has been read and is in good reading condition.

King James of Vernaland is an ex-secret service hard nut with a God complex, Binary Robert his young companion with a genius for computer hacking and data-harvesting; Peter Jones is a disaffected lifestyle journalist desperate to rescue his career with a scoop on the invisible workings of the Clearwater complex, Mandy the young shop assistant he befriends in his attempts to penetrate the vast edifice of consumerism. And then there's Jimmy Patel, a retired professional spin-bowler turned melancholic-alcoholic, about to be fingered himself for professional indiscretions. It's just not cricket.
Clear Water binds these five together along with the unforgettable Verna Landor - a wartime 'entertainer' of dubious stripe and King James' muse - and builds a narrative of espionage, desire and dysfunction to a thrilling denouement