From the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling author and winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year. Perfect for fans of John le Carré, Charles Cumming is ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday)From the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling author and winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year. Perfect for fans of John le Carré, Charles Cumming is ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday)MI6's Head of Station in Turkey is killed in a mysterious plane crash. Amelia Levene, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, wants the incident investigated – quickly and quietly.The only man she can trust is Thomas Kell, a disgraced spy searching for redemption.Arriving in Istanbul, Kell discovers that MI6 operations in the region have been fatally compromised: a traitor inside Western Intelligence threatens not just the Special Relationship, but the security of the entire Middle East.Kell’s search for the mole takes him from London, to Greece, and into Eastern Europe. But when Kell is betrayed by those closest to him, the stakes become personal. He will do anything to see this operation through – including putting himself, and others, in the line of fire…Praise for A Colder War:‘A Colder War is more than an excellent thriller: it is also a novel that forces us to look behind the headlines and question some of our own comfortable assumptions’ Spectator‘An espionage maestro . . . The levels of psychological insight are married to genuine narrative acumen – but anyone who has read his earlier books will expect no less’ Independent‘For those hungering for a new John le Carré, Charles Cumming has inherited the master’s mantle. His new book, A Colder War, features sinister goings-on in spook-infested Istanbul’ Sunday Times‘There’s a sense that Kell is developing into a Smiley for our times’ Mail on Sunday‘[Cumming] expertly recreates a world of waiting and watching where boredom is as much an enemy as other agents, and yet has still produced a page-turning thriller. . .If you thought true spy novels went out with the Berlin wall, think again’ Press Association‘Edgily elegant … perfect for those wanting a contemporary spy thriller in the vein of Le Carré and even for those who don’t’ Barbara Hoffert, Library JournalPraise for A Foreign Country:‘We are in Smiley country, but with extra 21st century nuance … Cumming has an exquisite touch and we should treasure him’ Daily Mail‘A thriller that has everything you could ask for – a twisty, sexy plot, topical themes, memorable characters and plentiful spy lore’ Sunday Times, Books of the Year‘Refreshing, plausible and effective … Best of all is the sheer pace of the narrative’ Spectator‘You are likely to be up for most of the night to find out how this novel ends. It grips from the first page … A fast-moving treat’ The ScotsmanPraise for Charles Cumming:‘Charles Cumming is a man put on this earth to perpetuate the spy thriller’ Daily Telegraph‘From the first page to the last it has the ring of absolute authenticity. Tautly written, cleverly plotted…it reminded me strongly of the early books of John le Carré’ Robert HarrisA gripping spy action crime thriller from the Sunday Times Top 10 best selling authorCharles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He has been described as ‘the man who most successfully gets under the skin of Britain’s intelligence agencies’ (The Times). In the summer of 1995, he was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6, and A Spy by Nature was published in the UK in 2001. A Colder War is his seventh novel.A gripping spy action crime thriller from the Sunday Times Top 10 best selling author• The first Thomas Kell novel, A Foreign Country, was picked by the Sunday Times and the Guardian as thriller of the year. A Colder War is the second novel featuring Thomas Kell, disgraced spy• Colin Firth has acquired the movie rights to A Foreign Country, A Colder War, and a third novel in the Thomas Kell series• Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2012 for Best Thriller of the Year, and the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year• Cumming is the master of the 21st century spy thriller, writing sophisticated, complex novels that have the unmistakable stamp of absolute authenticity• He attracts ecstatic reviews across the press, where he has been named by Robert Harris as the heir-apparent to le Carré’s throne• Approached by MI6 as a University graduate, Cumming vividly showcases in his novels his meticulous research and unique insight into the undercover life of spiesCompetition: A Legacy of Spies;Second Sleep;Jackson Lamb;Origin;Lethal White;Agent Running in the Field;Nothing Ventured. John le Carré;Robert;Ludlum;Harris;Frank Gardner;Terry Hayes;Mick Herron;Ian Rankin;Philip Kerr;Dan Brown;Jeffrey Archer
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