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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN num: 9780307268853
ISBN number: 0307268853
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: July 01, 2008
Publishing house: Knopf
Release Date: July 01, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 27400
Studio: Knopf
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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 very first woman Director General of MI5 into a spy novel of arresting psychological complexity and unflagging suspense.
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Really enjoyed this book. I am not that familiar with M15 and it was interesting to read a story, albeit fiction, that uses agents from there. I enjoyed the political intrigue and inter-agency 'rivalry' as well as the story which kept my attention.
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Not quite up to the two previous ones but still full of that inside knowledge that makes it real.
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Weak plot, too many brand names in the text, chapters short, prose is prosaic and characters thinly described, very unimpressive, I cannot believe the author was head of MI5, also her autobiogaphy tells nothing that a newspaper reader couldnt have read , I believe she thinks we are enthralled but she is actually patronising any reader of the spy genre and is so far from being compared to John Le Carre or Robert Harris, she must have been into administration at her job because spycraft/intelligence is not her forte, forgettable period !
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I saved this for when I went on a cruise, and was not disappointed. Her characters have depth, are not perfect, and are not experts at every aspect of spycraft. Her novels remind me of the Frederick Forsythe thrillers, such as "The Fourth Protocol." That is, they really make me want to read them, having pulled me in. I can't call it a page turner as that's not fast enough. It's more that I want to rip through it, so I call it a page ripper.
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Rimmington tells a great story every time and her characterizations
improve here. On the procedural side - sort of beauracracy noir - but a
very good read that is full of scary credible details.
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