Honour Among Spies
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH
'Absolutely gripping' Alex Gerlis, Every Spy a Traitor
'Nygate is not afraid to get her hands bloody' James Owen, The Times
'Perfect for fans of early le Carré and Len Deighton' Gavin Collinson – author of An Accident in Paris
At the heart of London's spy operations, Mossad head of station Eli carries the scars of a past disaster while grappling with the turbulent political landscape back home. His resolve to uphold his duty and keep his job is tested like never before.
Desperate to tip the scales in the espionage game, Eli concocts a risky plan involving tampered drones destined for Russian hands. But to execute this plan, he has to exploit those closest to him. Eli's moral compass clashes with the mission, leading him down a treacherous path of betrayal.
As the stakes escalate, Eli finds himself embroiled in a deadly web, racing to foil an apocalyptic agenda. Alliances are tested, sacrifices are made, and Eli must confront the consequence of his actions head-on, and navigate a shadowy underworld to prevent a terrorist plot from unleashing chaos on a global scale. Will they emerge victorious, or will the darkness consume them all?
A must-read for fans of Homeland and NCIS, it will also appeal to readers of Charles Cumming and John le Carré.
Customer Reviews
Jewish horses
The author is a British screenwriter and script editor whose debut espionage novel ‘The Righteous Spy’ (2018) won the Little Brown/UEA Crime Fiction Award. This sequel also features Mossad spy runner Eli Amiran.
The time is the recent past (pre-7 October 2023 is stated explicitly in the preface.) As London head of station, Eli must wrangle office politics and the intra-agency kind (other European heads of station constantly trying to one-up each other), as well as the increasing influence of conservative, religiously motivated Israeli domestic politics on its security services, while mulling over a past operation that went wrong and trying to hold his marriage together. He has to keep his child psychologist wife in the dark about his job. A daring plan to “sting” the Russians requires him to exploit one of his wife’s patients. She finds out and leaves him. Meanwhile, someone is stabbing Jewish tourists. Right wing nationalists are suspected. The ambassador expects his security service to deal with it.
The prose is professional. Character development is good. Tension builds slowly. The various plot lines come together reasonably well in the end, although there are loose ends. I presume another sequel is planned.
If your idea of a thriller involves lots of bam, crash, wallop, you might be disappointed. The blurb makes comparisons to Le Carre and Deighton. It reminded me more of Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ series, although Eli lacks the comedic aspect of Jackson Lamb.