Former head of MI5 Stella Rimington brings the high-stakes world of intelligence to life in AT RISK - the first novel in her bestselling and much-loved series featuring MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle.
'A cracking good thriller' The Observer
'Intelligent [and] undeniably pacy' Guardian
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For MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle the nagging complications of her private life are quickly forgotten at Monday's Counter-Terrorist meeting. An invisible may have entered mainland Britain.
An 'invisible' is a terrorist who is an ethnic native of the target country, who can cross its borders unchecked and move about unnoticed - the ultimate nightmare.
For Liz this signals the start of an operation that will test her to the limit. Who or what is the target? Where and who is the invisible? With each passing hour the danger increases.
But as she desperately sifts the incoming intelligence and analyses the reports from her agents she finally realises that it is her ability to get inside her enemy's head that is the only hope of averting disaster.
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Readers love At Risk:
'A superior example of espionage fiction' 5-star reader review
'A well-written, well-crafted novel' 5-star reader review
'Excellent!' 5-star reader review
'This book had me riveted from beginning to end' 5-star reader review
'What a great storyteller Stella Rimington is' 5-star reader review
'Excellent plot, exceptional writing style and vivid characters' 5-star reader review
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A cracking good thriller * The Observer * Intelligent... Undeniably pacy * The Guardian * This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication * Mail on Sunday * Rimington makes adroit use of her expertise as former MI5 chief * The Sunday Times * Tense and terrifying * Cosmopolitan * The Secret Service background is exceedingly convincing * Evening Standard * First class -- Douglas Hurd * New Statesman *
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978-1-4481-8356-2 (9781448183562)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1965 and during her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities - counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism - and became successively Director of all three branches. She was appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1992. She was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced on appointment. Her autobiography, Open Secret, was published by Hutchinson in 2001.
