Murray Davies was born into a mining family in South Wales. He won a scholarship to UCW Aberystwyth where he studied International Politics, followed by an MA in First World War poetry. He worked for the Daily Mail and Mirror Group as a reporter and feature writer. After twenty years as a journalist, he became a novelist. He is the author of three previous thrillers, The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sandes, The Samson Option, and The Devil's Handshake. He lived in Greenwich and Wiltshire.
