The Achilles Heel

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Alan Rossalyn, an undercover officer in the Investigation Division of HM Customs and Excise, has a mission to destroy a syndicate engaged in crimes against children, including the manufacture of unspeakably vile pornography.'The Achilles Heel is a strong and harrowing thriller. It provides the blend of technical expertise and carefully wrought tension that Gadney's fans have come to expect. Unlike many of his peers, Gadney proves that he is the master of his brief.' Sunday Times

Reg Gadney was born in Cross Hills, Yorkshire in 1941 and educated at the Dragon School, Oxford and at Stowe. He studied English, Fine Art and Architecture at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, and whilst there he became the editor of Granta. He won a Theodore von Karman Scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he became an Instructor and Research Fellow.Before going up to Cambridge he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards and served in London, Windsor, Libya, France and in Norway where he qualified as a NATO instructor in Winter Warfare and Arctic Survival. He was then employed in the British Embassy in Oslo as Assistant to the Naval, Military and Air Attache.In 1969 he was appointed Deputy Controller of the National Film Theatre where he organised many film seasons, including the first tribute to the Cinematheque Francaise and Henri Langlois.In 1970 he became a part-time Tutor at the Royal College of Art. He was su