Clive Egleton (1927-2006)http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=57454&SectionIDs=8630 was a British author of spy novels.

He enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Armoured Corps

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 in 1945 to train as a tank driver while still underage. He was subsequently commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment

South Staffordshire Regiment

The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 38th Regiment of Foot and the 80th Regiment of Foot. In 1959 the regiment was amlagamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment...

 for whom he served in India

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, Hong Kong

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, Germany

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, Egypt

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, Cyprus

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, The Persian Gulf and East Africa

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. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel

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.

He was elected to Arreton

Arreton

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 Parish Council on the Isle of Wight

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 in 2005http://www.iwight.com/election2005/resultstown.pdf.

His novel Seven Days to a Killing

Seven Days to a Killing

Seven Days to a Killing is a British spy novel by Clive Egleton, published in 1973. It was adapted to film as The Black Windmill in 1974, with Michael Caine as the lead. It concerns an MI6 officer whose son is kidnapped, and a ransom of $500,000 demanded....

 was filmed as The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine, John Vernon, Janet Suzman and Donald Pleasence The screenplay by Leigh Vance is based on Clive Egleton's novel Seven Days to a Killing. The story involves a British secret service agent, John...

, starring Michael Caine

Michael Caine

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. Escape to Athena is a novelization

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 of the 1979 movie of the same name

Escape to Athena

Escape to Athena is a British adventure war film released in 1979, directed by George Pan Cosmatos and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. The international cast included many well-known actors of the 1970s, including Roger Moore, Telly Savalas and Elliott Gould.The film is set during the...

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Novels (as Clive Egleton)

• Seven Days to a Killing
  Seven Days to a Killing
  Seven Days to a Killing is a British spy novel by Clive Egleton, published in 1973. It was adapted to film as The Black Windmill in 1974, with Michael Caine as the lead. It concerns an MI6 officer whose son is kidnapped, and a ransom of $500,000 demanded....
  
   [1973]
• The October Plot [1974]
• Skirmish [1975]
• State Visit [1976]
• The Mills Bomb [1978]
• Backfire [1979]
• The Winter Touch [1981]
• A Falcon for the Hawks [1982]
• The Russian Enigma [1983]
• A Conflict of Interests [1984]
• Troika [1984]
• A Different Drummer [1985]
• Picture of the Year [1987]
• Gone Missing [1988]
• Death of a Sahib [1989]
• In the Red [1990]
• Last Act [1991]
• A Double Deception [1994]

Garnett novels (as Clive Egleton)

• A Piece of Resistance [1970] published in US as Never Surrender [2004]
• Last Post for a Partisan [1971] published in US as The Sleeper [1971]
• The Judas Mandate [1972] published in US as The Last Refuge [2006]

Peter Ashton novels (as Clive Egleton)

• Hostile Intent [1993]
• A Killing in Moscow [1994]
• Death Throes [1995]
• Warning Shot [1996]
• A Lethal Involvement [1996]
• Blood Money [1997]
• Dead Reckoning [1999]
• The Honey Trap [2000]
• One Man Running [2001]
• Cry Havoc [2003]
• Assassination Day [2004]
• The Renegades [2005]

Novels (writing as Patrick Blake)

• Escape to Athena
  Escape to Athena
  Escape to Athena is a British adventure war film released in 1979, directed by George Pan Cosmatos and produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. The international cast included many well-known actors of the 1970s, including Roger Moore, Telly Savalas and Elliott Gould.The film is set during the...
  
  [1979]
• Double Griffin [1981] aka The Skorzeny Project [1981]

Novels (writing as John Tarrant)

• A Spy's Ransom-2003
• The Rommel Plot [1977]
• The Clauberg Trigger [1978]
• China Gold [1982] aka Operation Sovereign [1998]