Blonde for DangerNORMAN CONQUEST doesn't need to look for trouble. He attracts itjust as a lightning conductor attracts lightning. Now travelling blithely to Bournemouth on a perfectly innocent mission to buy a new car, Conquest was unconsciously heading into one of the most exciting dramas of his career: A few hours later he was making the return journey in amazing and unexpected circumstances. Racing through the night, he crouched at the wheel of a great motor lorry

But he has made up for it and is now a faster motorist than ever he was bowler

erotic entanglements are shadowed by news of historic change

or how he manages to vanish without a trace after his thefts

it is clear that the small crew on the spot are at the centre of the most dramatic discovery in history

onto the street and at school

The Insiders are privileged

is the will for a new existence

She is determined to win them back

He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life

So he tells his men's group in York that he's a private eye - it's better than admitting he's an unemployed alcoholic

but distilled -- from minutely perfect descriptions of the natural world to startlingly witty encounters with aliens

If the prose is sometimes choppy and repetitious