Double Agent
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- 12,99 $US
Description de l’éditeur
The journalist and bestselling author delivers the sequel to the "cracking, uber-topical spy thriller" Secret Service featuring Kate Henderson (Financial Times).
Kidnapped in Venice by a Russian defector, Kate knows she's in trouble. But when he offers her conclusive video evidence that the British Prime Minister is a live agent working for Moscow, Kate's holiday quickly becomes the start of her next mission.
Riddled with doubt that the evidence she is presented with may not in fact be as bulletproof as it seems, Kate reopens the investigation into the PM. As she works through the case, Kate runs up against key people at the heart of the British Establishment who refuse to acknowledge the reality in front of them. And, more worryingly, clear signs that there's still a mole in her department.
But Kate had already identified and eradicated the mole, codenamed Viper. Could she have been mistaken? And could this horrifying video be a fake, produced by the Russians to sabotage British democracy?
These questions plague Kate as she tries to keep it together for her children and ailing mother, steadily losing sleep and, she fears, her sanity. This mission will push Kate dangerously close to the edge as she continues her relentless fight for the truth.
Praise for Secret Service
"A gripping thriller."―Sunday Times
"There are resonant echoes of le Carré here―in the way the betrayals reach from marriage beds to the seats of governments."―Booklist (starred review)
"Enthralling and fast-moving . . . the stuff headlines are made of."―Daily Mail
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Bradby's engrossing sequel to 2019's Secret Service, MI6 agent Kate Henderson rides point on a career-jeopardizing investigation of Prime Minister James Ryan. The case centers on a Mikhail Borodin, Russia's former intelligence chief's son, who has offered Kate a lurid tape showing Ryan molesting underage girls in Kosovo 25 years earlier, evidence that the Russians are supposedly using as blackmail. In exchange for the video and accompanying record of bribe payments, Borodin wants to be allowed to defect, along with his family. But is the video authentic? And what might be the political consequences of a British leader being taken down in such disgrace? Meanwhile, Kate must navigate a slew of personal problems issues with her two teenage kids, a difficult mother, and a new junior agent, Suzy Spencer, whose bold behavior is suspiciously well-meaning. The tantalizingly ambiguous ending will leave the reader wondering what's in store for Kate. Bradby does a fine job balancing the professional with the personal.
Avis d’utilisateurs
Ok plot line but
The plot line was ok. Moved along ok. But the author baled on the ending. Wrote himself into a corner and then just gave up.