'Recommended. I read it one breathless sitting' Ian Rankin
A gripping new standalone spy thriller from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year and 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday).
'An instant classic of the spy genre' Mick Herron
One simple task for British Intelligence takes him into a world of danger.
Successful novelist Kit Carradine has grown restless. So when British Intelligence invites him to enter the secret world of espionage, he willingly takes a leap into the unknown.
But the glamour of being a spy is soon tainted by fear and betrayal, as Carradine finds himself in Morocco on the trail of Lara Bartok - a mysterious fugitive with links to international terrorism.
Bartok is a leading figure in Resurrection, a violent revolutionary movement whose brutal attacks on prominent right-wing politicians have spread hatred and violence throughout the West.
As the coils of a ruthless plot tighten around him, Carradine finds himself drawn to Lara. Caught between competing intelligence services who want her dead, he soon faces an awful choice: to abandon Lara to her fate or to risk everything trying to save her.
'An instant classic of the genre' Mick Herron
'The Man Between is up there with the best - full of thrills, wit and fine writing' Peter Robinson
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'The most brilliant thriller' Sunday Times
'Recommended. I read it one breathless sitting' Ian Rankin
'Charles Cumming gets better with each book ' The Times
'Plunges a novelist into a deliciously twisty imbroglio in Morocco; it's Cumming at his most relaxed and engaging' Telegraph, Books of the Year
'An instant classic of the spy genre' Mick Herron
'Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming' Anthony Horowitz
'A real page-turner' Peter Robinson, Daily Mail
'Rich in twists and cloak-and-dagger action ... typically accomplished and enthralling' Sunday Times
'Credibly obsessed and convincingly foolish, Carradine is an interesting character in a pleasingly original spy story' Literary Review
'Lift the lid off Cumming's novel The Man Between and breathe in an exotic tagine stew, redolent of murderous international conspiracy, assassination, kidnapping, and a beautiful dangerous woman, set against the colourful matchstick mosaic of Marrakesh. Another Cumming triumph' Jason Matthews
'Charles Cumming's The Man Between continues the author's steady upwards trajectory; he will soon be snapping at the heels of such masters as John le Carre and Gerald Seymour' Guardian
'I have been a fan of Charles Cumming ever since A Spy by Nature, and The Man Between is up there with the best - full of thrills, wit and fine writing, with a plot and themes that might have been taken from today's headlines. Writer/spy Kit Carradine is a thoroughly engaging protagonist, and I look forward to meeting him again. Superb espionage fiction' Peter Robinson
Praise for A Divided Spy:
'A gripping psychological clash of wills, tactics and morals ... Kell's third appearance confirms him as one of the most interesting and sympathetic characters in the spy thriller field' The Times
'The spies' shifting psychological duel is riveting ... deftly coupled with a topical subplot' Sunday Times
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Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 159 mm
Dicke: 33 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-00-820031-2 (9780008200312)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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.
