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DANIEL GRANT

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Full Name: Daniel Grant
Series Name: A Daniel Grant Secret Service Thriller
Nationality: British
Organization: MI6
Occupation Agent

Creator: Wendy Charlton
Time Span: 2020 - 2023

ABOUT THE SERIES

Daniel Grant is an agent with MI6.

Technically he is a former agent, as the first time we meet him, he is returning for an appointment at Thames House and he reminds the receptionist who greets him as 'Commander Grant' that 'it is just plain Mr. Grant now' and that his days as an officer with the Secret Intelligence Service is "a lifetime ago".

However, just because he has some time previously retired from that career does not mean his connection to that organization is gone. His current position more than little ties him to the covert world but in an unusual way he likely would never have considered when he joined the department many years before.

"He'd had a distinguished career as an agent. He'd survived many dangerous situations and come through it all relatively unscathed. All of that had changed after his last mission in the Middle East, however. The mission had gone sideways and although he had escaped with his life he'd received two bullet holes into the bargain. His recovery had taken a few months, after which he had been advised to take a desk job. So, eighteen months ago, he had taken on a new role for the service, far removed from foreign postings and espionage."

Now he runs Shady Fields, "a care home with a difference". Its clientele "consisted exclusively of former secret agents who were well versed in the dark arts of subterfuge, spying and counterterrorism".

Grant is forty-eight when we meet him but "everyone said he looked younger. He was an attractive man with a year-round tan; handsome, with watchful eyes. He carried the permanent hint of a smile around his mouth, and his muscular frame was well-disguised beneath an impeccably-tailored navy suit. There was a vitality about him and the way he moved; his poise and posture made him look ready for action". 

He definitely needs that vitality as playing primary care-giver and bodyguard and babysitter for an assortment of people, many of whom are in different stages of senility and dementia but who retain not only the long-honed skills to disable, maim, and even kill opponents but also the wile and cunning to make sure the intended target does not see it coming.

BOOKS

Number of Books:3
First Appearance:2020
Last Appearance:2023

1 Keeping Secrets Keeping Secrets
Written by Wendy Charlton
Copyright: 2020

"Former Secret intelligence service operative Daniel Grant has recently started his most complex posting yet – setting up and running Shady Fields, a residential home for former spies. The clientele collectively hold some of the country’s deepest secrets. And as their minds become less focused, the risk of these explosive memories being released grows. Dan’s job is to keep the residents safe, and their knowledge protected.
But Shady Fields is under threat from a review being carried out by Bernard Cummings, an MI5 Director with secrets of his own. If he gets his way, the home will be closed, and its residents left to fend for themselves. But there’s more to his involvement than simple economics – his desperation to bury his own past could have devastating consequences."
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2 Hidden Secrets Hidden Secrets
Written by Wendy Charlton
Copyright: 2022

"When an IRA fugitive decides to become an MI5 Supergrass, shockwaves reverberate throughout the criminal underworld. Ghosts from his past come back to haunt him, many people want him dead. Daniel Grant, the newly appointed Director General of the British Secret Service, decides to hides him in a safe-house with a difference.
Shady Fields is a secluded retirement home for retired ex Secret Service Agents, many with dementia and Alzheimer's, but don't let that fool you. They can still call on their expertise when the safety of their home is threatened."
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3 State Secrets State Secrets
Written by Wendy Charlton
Copyright: 2023

"Celia Browning, the former head of the Secret Service, is living at Shady Fields, a care home for retired secret agents who are now struggling with memory problems. She is suddenly thrust into a life-threatening situation, when Vector 10, an illusive hacker, discovers incriminating documents relating to the murder of a government inspector.
Daniel Grant and his team are determined to uncover the truth behind Vector 10 and investigate a sinister plot involving the control of global energy markets."
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MY COMMENTS

The idea of what to do with aging and often senile retired operatives is one that has been touched on a couple times in other series but it is not a common one by any means. It is, though, an excellent concept which this author, Wendy Charlton, pulls off wonderfully.

She makes Shady Fields sound like a fantastic place to read about. I would say visit but considering the sorts who live there, maybe actually walking into the place might be more daunting than I could manage.

The whole idea of a 'babysitter-of-sorts' for a bunch of highly trained killers is terrific and Ms. Charlton really pulls it off with style. More please!!

GRADE

My Grade: A-

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