KENNEDY 35
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- 14,99 €
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- 14,99 €
Publisher Description
The third book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar.
*SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH*
*FINANCIAL TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR*
*WATERSTONES BEST ESPIONAGE THRILLERS OF 2023*
1995: In the wake of the Rwandan genocide, 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite and his girlfriend, Martha Raine, are sent to Senegal on the trail of a hunted war criminal. The mission threatens to spiral out of control, forcing Kite to make choices that will have devastating consequences not only for his career at top-secret intelligence agency BOX 88, but also for his relationship with Martha.
2023: Eric Appiah, an old friend from Kite’s days at school and an off-the-record BOX 88 asset, makes contact with explosive information about what happened all those years ago in West Africa. When tragedy strikes, Kite must use all his resources to bring down a criminal network with links to international terror … and protect Martha from possible assassination.
Praise for KENNEDY 35
'A bold choice of setting, which adds skilful dabs of colour to a tightly wrought tale' The Times
‘A compelling exploration of the consequences of realpolitik and the intermingling of the personal with the political’ Guardian
‘Cumming marshals his twin time frames expertly and illuminates an awful chapter in recent history. A first-rate spy thriller’ Mail on Sunday
‘Atmospheric and packed with threat, it thrills on every single page’ Daily Mail
‘An enthralling, haunting work…taking the spy thriller to a new level of storytelling’ Financial Times
‘A compelling depiction of the various layers of infamy involved in an appalling blot on the history of humanity’ Literary Review
What Readers are saying about KENNEDY 35
'I couldn't put this down… a cracking read!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Fast-paced and tightly plotted. If you love Ian Fleming you will adore this series' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Charles Cumming has a fantastic way of bringing espionage thrillers to life' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Gripping, intricate, smart and suspenseful story' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Plenty of action and a terrific plot, well told' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Cumming adeptly intertwines spy missions past and present for this taut third entry in his BOX 88 series (following 2022's Judas 62). In 1995, Lachlan "Lockie" Kite is still a fledgling agent with BOX 88, an ultra-secret Anglo-American covert ops collective. His latest assignment is to bring to justice Augustin Bagaza, who's responsible for thousands of Tutsi deaths in the Rwandan genocide and is currently living in Senegal. Kite heads to Senegal under cover of an ostensible backpacking vacation with his girlfriend, Martha. When Martha falls ill, Kite contacts an old college friend, Eric Appiah, to take her into his home and care for her while the BOX team abducts Bagaza and his accomplice/mistress, Grace Mavinga. The plan goes awry, and Kite barely escapes alive. Twenty-eight years later, Eric warns Kite that investigative journalist Lucian Michael Cablean has information on the failed operation that could endanger Kite, Martha, and the existence of BOX 88 itself. Meanwhile Mavinga, who's become a heavyweight figure in international money laundering and terrorist financing networks, seeks revenge on all involved. Cumming masterfully orchestrates suspense as the characters' pasts come to bear on their present, and while the ending is fairly abrupt, it promises a breakneck start for the inevitable sequel. This espionage tale grips from the get-go.
