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James Naughtie is a special correspondent for BBC News, for which he has reported from around the world. He presented Today on BBC Radio 4 for 21 years. This his third novel, and his most recent book is an account of five decades of travel and work in the United States – On the Road: American Adventures from Nixon to Trump. He lives in Edinburgh and London.James Naughtie's brilliant spy thriller is written with authority as well as a deep understanding of time and place
The Scotsman
[Flemyng] is an interesting, well-drawn character. Naughtie tells a good story with his much-loved trademark excess of words
The Times
Striking character studies
The Sunday Times
A hugely gripping and atmospheric read
- Alexander McCall Smith, Mail on Sunday,
This cracking debut pits brother against brother in a gritty, sprawling epic
Daily Express
I enjoyed the twists and turns of the plot, and surprises turn up around every corner... A very good read'
Crime Squad
A concise thriller... a satisfying and well-conceived novel'
The Tablet
Although complex this is quite a quick read... enjoyable'
New Books Magazine
Naughtie writes with a cool authority reminiscent of that now neglected master of the novel of espionage, William Haggard
Scotsman
Paris, April 1968.
The cafes are alive with talk of revolution, but for Will Flemyng – secret servant at the British embassy – the crisis is personal. A few words from a stranger on the metro change his life. His family is threatened with ruin and he now faces the spy's oldest fear: exposure.
Freddy Craven is the hero and mentor Flemyng would trust with his life, but when he is tempted into a dark, Cold War labyrinth, he chooses the dangerous path and plays his game alone.
As the streets of Paris become a smoke-filled battleground, Flemyng, like his friends and enemies, discovers that where secrets are at stake, lives are too...
Paris in 1968. In a city alive with talk of revolution, Will Flemyng finds himself in the thick of the action, a young spy whose first adventures behind the Iron Curtain have already given him a secret glamour. But now he gets news that threatens the closest and most complicated relationship in his life, with his younger brother.
From the author of The Madness of July, a Sunday Times top 20 bestseller.