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Ex-MI6 Colonel, who became a best-selling thriller author.  Len Deighton described Allbeury as 'Truly a classic writer of espionage fiction.'  Desmond Bagley said of one of his books: 'The best novel of espionage I have ever read.'

Allbeury's thrillers are tense and realistic; he writes with economy and a fine sense of drama.  Several titles have been optioned for film and television.  He has also developed into a successful script-writer and short-story writer, and has adapted three novels for BBC radio drama serials.  One novel (NO PLACE TO HIDE) was televised in 1992 and reprinted by Severn House in 2003 under the new title HOSTAGE, and a film based on an Allbeury character has been made starring Michael Caine; released under the title BLUE ICE in 1992.  Ted Allbeury died in December 2005.