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Book Review of Red Crystal

Red Crystal
Red Crystal
Author: Clare Francis
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Out of the savagery of the Paris barricades there was born the most sinister of all the terrorist groups who blazed a trail of death and destruction across Europe in the late 1960s. Secretly funded by Moscow, trained in subversion and assasination in Italy, the Crystal Faction came to England. To wage war...
For Nick Ryder of Special Branch, finding and infiltrating the cell presented a daunting challenge. Hampered by the deviousness of his own superiors and lack of cooperation from MI5, he was drawn slowly but inexorably into a tangled web of sex, drugs, murder, intrigue and lost innocence.
And at the centre, the beautiful Gabriele Schroeder, leader of the Crystal Faction. A tough, daring, utterly ruthless woman for whom killing had become a pleasure...