Philip Brady – Tinker, tailor, soldier chef

Thanks to Heather Fitt of Overview Media for inviting me on the tour for the second book in The Meal Of Fortune Trilogy and the copy of the book also.

BOND MEETS BAKE-OFF IN A FAST-MOVING COMEDY CAPER

Someone’s going around killing celebrities and London’s police don’t have a clue.  With outrange mounting on social media, disgraced copper DI Mark Henwell, is thrown a chance to save his career or bury it trying.

Things are finally on the up for MI5 officer, Anna Preston. But when an informant is murdered before he can pass on vital information on a terrorist plot, she has no way to find out more about the threatened attack. And no way of stopping it.

But could there possibly be a link between the murders and the terrorist plot? And what does Dermot Jack, Anna’s old flame and manager of a string of TV chefs and other lowbrow celebrities, have to do with it all?

As the police and MI5 investigations collide, Anna, Dermot and Henwell are thrown together and a tense love triangle emerges. But with a murderer on the loose and the terrorists about to strike, they really don’t have time for any of that.
Do they?

After reading The Meal Of Fortune and finding it such an original and funny story, I hoped this book would be just as good. Well, it was.

Returning to the characters from the first book was like meeting up with mates again. The plotline was such a funny and chaotic one. The characters again so original (read quirky). I was in my element.

Alongside the humour and craziness, there is also drama. This time, we are in the celebrity world (of some sort anyway). MI5 is brought in to try to thwart a killer. If you want to know anything else, read the book. We don’t just see some of the characters from the last book; we are also introduced to new ones along the way. These are great to meet as well. With the combination of old and new, I was immersed again.

The fact that I knew some of the characters already made the story even better as I could sit back and see what would be in store for them all this time around in a different setting. It was fabulous to see everything unravel as the story unfolded. We mustn’t forget the love triangle as well. This does give the story another edge which added to it.

If you enjoy a humorous tale with characters that are very original and great settings, this is a series to pick up; you won’t regret it.

Author Bio

Phil lives in west London with his wife two children and some animals, which also like to call the house home.

He is somewhat obsessed and bemused with the public and media’s fixation with celebrities of every stripe. This forms the backdrop of his books, which also tend to feature spies, gangsters, hit men and TV chefs.

His first novel, The Meal of Fortune, was published in 2017, with a second edition following in 2021.  The follow up. Tinker Tailor Soldier Chef will be published in 2022.

Phil’s main rule in life is never to let tomato ketchup touch any food that is green.  This may not have any deep meaning, nor may it be the soundest of principles to live by – but it’s better than many he’s come across down the years.  Best not to go there though.