A Spy in the Blood

Beschreibung

The Times Thriller of the Month, January 2026<BR><BR>'Paul Warner's impressive debut wins the reader's trust with its nuanced depiction of character, brisk handling of the action and sure grasp of the cost to spies of a life of deception and betrayal' - THE TIMES<BR><BR>'This is an impressive launch for what promises to be an exciting new series' - FINANCIAL TIMES<BR><BR>'Terrifying - if you have children you'll never see them the same way again' - RORY CLEMENTS<BR><BR>'An expertly thrown knife of a spy novel that slips the blade between your ribs when you least expect it' - DAVID GOODMAN, author of A RELUCTANT SPY<BR>___________________________________<BR><BR>Mark Wolfe was the greatest spy of his generation.<BR>Now he's been put out to pasture.<BR><BR>Gone are the days of dead-drops beneath railway station clocks in foreign lands that no longer exist - of dry-cleaning, double agents and triple crosses.

Now Mark's stuck behind a desk in Vauxhall Cross in charge of recruiting the next wave of spooks, his only excitement fending off advances from deep-pocketed private security companies.<BR><BR>Yet his discontent is just another secret to add to the pile. As far as his wife and children are concerned, Mark is a quiet, affable civil servant who has no idea how to use the TV remote.<BR><BR>So when he discovers his daughter, Jody, has an unhealthy obsession with joining MI6, Mark is caught off guard.

The Service is keeping her recruitment a secret from him - but why?<BR><BR>Then Jody disappears during a mission. And with MI6 washing their hands of her, Mark is thrust back into a terrifying new world of modern espionage.<BR><BR>A truly epic espionage thriller, A Spy in the Blood takes you from modern day London to Afghanistan as a once-legendary spy confronts the complex horrors of modern tradecraft.

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