The third book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar. The third book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar. 1995: In the wake of the Rwandan genocide, 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite and his girlfriend, Martha Raine, are sent to Senegal on the trail of a hunted war criminal. The mission threatens to spiral out of control, forcing Kite to make choices that will have devastating consequences not only for his career at top-secret intelligence agency BOX 88, but also for his relationship with Martha. 2023: Eric Appiah, an old friend from Kite’s days at school and an off-the-record BOX 88 asset, makes contact with explosive information about what happened all those years ago in West Africa. When tragedy strikes, Kite must use all his resources to bring down a criminal network with links to international terror … and protect Martha from possible assassination. Praise for Charles Cumming ‘The storytelling is first-rate, with all the minutiae of spycraft, sense of place and memorable supporting characters you could wish for’ Sunday Times ‘Tense and topical, this has all you could want from an intelligent contemporary spy thriller’ The Times ‘Superbly constructed, it never hurries, but evokes the world of espionage in a way the late John le Carre would have much admired’ Daily Mail ‘Some of the best writing around on the intricacies of spycraft and the high price agents pay for doing their job’ Sun ‘Judas 62 has all you could want from a tense, topical and intelligent spy thriller’ The Times ‘Charles Cumming is up there with the very best espionage writers’ Ian Rankin ‘A wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming’s most ambitious – and his best – yet’ Mick Herron ‘Atmospheric and full of sharply realised characters’ Sunday Times ‘Excellent’ Anthony Horowitz ‘With a lavish sprinkling of Bond and more than a teaspoonful of the Circus, this is a high-quality spy story’ Daily Mail ‘All the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller’ Charlotte Philby, acclaimed author of A Double Life ‘An enviably sharp-eyed and satisfying read. Great!’ Henry Porter, author of Firefly ‘Intelligent, relevant and engrossing’ NB Magazine ‘Cumming adroitly portrays Kite’s inner life…nail-biting’ Financial Times ‘ Cumming knows his stuff and has done his research, giving the novel an admirably authoritative air’ The Literary Review ‘Charles Cumming knows how to write a good spy novel’ The Herald ‘The gold standard in espionage fiction’ Kirkus The gripping new spy action thriller from the master of the 21st century espionage novel Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. Shortly after university, he was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), an experience that inspired his first novel, A Spy by Nature. He has written several bestselling thrillers, including A Foreign Country which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year. He lives in London. The gripping new spy action thriller from the master of the 21st century espionage novel • The third book in a new blockbuster series from the master of the 21st century spy thriller, an author whose sophisticated, complex novels have the unmistakable stamp of absolute authenticity • Previous book THE MAN BETWEEN was shortlisted for the 2018 William McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime Novel of the Year • A Foreign Country won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2012 for Best Thriller of the Year, and the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year. It was picked by the Sunday Times and the Guardian as thriller of the year • Colin Firth has acquired the movie rights to A Foreign Country, A Colder War, and A Divided Spy • 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 spies Competition: Jackson Lamb;James Bond;Slough House;Silverview,Bourne,Treadstone,Jack Reacher. by;John le Carré;Tom Bradby;Henry Porter;Anthony Horowitz;Robert;Ludlum;Harris;Frank Gardner;Mick Herron;Ian Rankin;Philip Kerr;Dan Brown;Jeffrey Archer;Robert Peston;Clive Cussler;J B Turner;Lee Child;Rory Clements
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