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Knopf
July 2008
On Sale: July 1, 2008
304 pages
ISBN: 0307268853
EAN: 9780307268853
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Thriller Spy
The new installment in Stella Rimington’s series
of “frighteningly authentic” espionage thrillers (Chicago
Tribune) featuring the fiercely intelligent, ambitious MI5
officer Liz Carlyle. Liz has been transferred to counter-espionage—the hub of
MI5 operations during the Cold War, which has been scaled
back as anti-terrorism has gained priority. But there’s
plenty for her to do: there are more spies operating in
London in the twenty-first century than there were during
the height of East-West hostilities. Even the Russians
still have a large contingent, although now they spy on the
international financial community and on the wealthy ex-pat
oligarchs who make England their domain. In her new assignment, Liz quickly uncovers a plot to
silence one of these Russians: Nikita Brunovsky, an
increasingly vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin. The Foreign
Office is adamant about forestalling a crime that could
become a full-blown international incident, but there’s not
a single clue as to how the assassination will be carried
out—and Liz is solely responsible for averting disaster. So
she goes undercover, attaching herself to Brunovsky’s
retinue: racing against the clock to determine who betrayed
him and suddenly facing a wholly unexpected second task—
unmasking a Russian operative working undercover alongside
her. Dame Stella has once again distilled her experience as the
first woman Director General of MI5 into a spy novel of
arresting psychological complexity and unflagging suspense.
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