Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2016.
An Amsterdam-set thriller by a Dutch author hitherto unknown in the UK, this has pace and intrigue to spare. Michael Bellicher, a business consultant accidentally stumbles across matters mysterious and finds himself under the scrutiny of the sinister Mr Miller and the unsettling tech organisation he fronts, a stranger who knows things about him he just hould not. The disturbing cloud of technology gone rampant through the seditious power of the Internet taking on a disturbing aura of menace is a familiar trope but the novel's rhythm and sheer readibility, which landed it on the bestseller list back home, conquers all in its rapid wake. An old-fashioned thriller as we once used to like them, albeit with a modern theme. ~ Maxim Jakubowski
Mr. Miller is watching youMichael Bellicher is working for a successful consultancy agency and has everything going for him. During a night spent at work, he witnesses something he should never have seen. Attempting to flee the tightening stranglehold of the conspirators, Michael finds himself tailed by the mysterious Mr. Miller. In a world of espionage-like computer techniques, full of managers, mergers, and opaque negotiations, Mr. Miller seems to know almost everything about Michael.Charles den Texis the Netherlands leading thriller writer. His work is often compared to that of John Grisham, Michael Crichton, and Michael Ridpath. He is a three-time winner of the Dutch annual prize for the best thriller.Mr. Millerwas made into a ten-part mini-series for television and has been sold to Netflix.
