Description
| Product ID: | 9781784080235 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Will Flemyng Thrillers |
| Title: | The Spy Across the Water |
| Authors: | Author: James Naughtie |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | Espionage and spy thriller, Espionage & spy thriller, Political / legal thriller, Political / legal thriller |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie''s brilliant spy series, about three brothers whose lives are entwined with the intelligence service.We live with our history, but it can kill us.Will Flemyng, originally trained as a spy, is now British ambassador to Washington. Meanwhile, his older brother Mungo is recuperating from a heart attack in their beloved Scottish-highland family home, and Abel, the youngest of the three, has died mysteriously in America.Abel''s unexplained death sets in motion an unstoppable chain of events, beginning with an unexpected glimpse of a face at his funeral. Soon Will finds himself on a dangerous journey into his clandestine past, from conflict in Ireland to the long shadows of the Cold War.Will possesses a silky veneer, but he often doesn''t know who to trust, nor who trusts him. Now he finds himself alone once again as duty forces him to risk everything...Why has the past come back to haunt him now? From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie’s brilliant spy series, woven around three brothers bound together through espionage. We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin mysteries that threaten everything he holds dear. From Washington, he’s pitched back into the Troubles in Northern Ireland and an explosive secret hidden deep in the most dangerous but fulfilling friendship he has ever known. And while he confronts shadowy adversaries in American streets, and looks for solace at home in the Scottish Highlands, he discovers that his government’s most precious Cold War agent is in mortal danger and needs his help to survive. In an electric story of courage and betrayal, Flemyng learns the truth: that his life has left him a man with many friends, but still alone. 'A thoughtful and detailed novel of statecraft and spycraft, recommended for fans of le Carré' Ian Rankin'Naughtie writes sophisticated, complex spy novels, rich in character and incident. The Spy Across the Water is perhaps his finest yet.' Charles CummingPraise for James Naughtie:‘As convincing as any of John le Carré’s’ Independent‘Beautifully written, deftly plotted, skilfully paced, imaginatively conceived’ Robert Littell‘An involved and beautifully plotted spy story’ Allan Massie'Hugely gripping and atmospheric' Mail on Sunday'Complex and psychologically detailed' Charles Cumming'A tour de force' Kate Mosse |
| Imprint Name: | Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-02 |
