Charles Cumming è un autore britannico di thriller di spionaggio bestseller internazionali. Attingendo alle proprie esperienze di ex recluta dei servizi segreti britannici, i suoi romanzi offrono uno sguardo acuto e autentico sul mondo dello spionaggio. Crea trame intricate e personaggi complessi, offrendo ai lettori una rappresentazione avvincente e realistica del mondo segreto.
The third book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar. Icarus 17, the fourth book in the gripping Lachlan Kite thriller series is available to pre-order now!
The second book in Charles Cumming's gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 - a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar.
"1989: The Cold War will soon be over, but for BOX 88, a top secret spying agency, the espionage game is heating up. Lachlan Kite, recruited from an elite boarding school, is sent to France, tasked with gathering intelligence on an enigmatic Iranian businessman implicated in the Lockerbie bombing. But what Kite uncovers is more terrifying than anyone expected ... Now he faces the deadliest decision of his life ... 2020: MI5 hear rumours of BOX 88's existence and go after Kite - but Iranian intelligence have got to him first. Taken captive and brutally tortured, Kite has a choice: reveal the truth about what happened in France thirty years earlier - or watch his family die. In a battle unlike anything he has faced before, Kite must use all his skills to stay alive."--Publisher
Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying. A former MI6 officer, he devoted his life to the Service, but it has left him with nothing but grief and a simmering anger against the Kremlin. Then Kell is offered an unexpected chance at revenge. Taking the law into his own hands, he embarks on a mission to recruit a top Russian spy who is in possession of a terrifying secret. As Kell tracks his man from Moscow to London, he finds himself in a high stakes game of cat and mouse in which it becomes increasingly difficult to know who is playing whom. As the mission reaches boiling point, the threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack looms over Britain. Kell is faced with an impossible choice. Loyalty to MI6 - or to his own conscience?
From the author of the "New York Times" Notable Book "Typhoon" comes his most accomplished and compelling thriller yet--the story of the search for the mysterious, long-rumored sixth man of the Cambridge Spy Ring.
Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese rule. It's a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges from the seas off the New Territories, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the Governor himself, a young MI6 agent, Joe Lennox, sees an opportunity to make his reputation. But when the old man, a high-profile Chinese professor, is spirited away in the middle of the night by Joe's superiors in collusion with the CIA, it's clear that there's a great deal more than a young spy's career at stake. The professor, it seems, holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plan that could have awesome and catastrophic repercussions for China in the twenty-first century. . .
Perfect for fans of John le Carre, a gripping and suspenseful spy novel from 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday)
Six weeks before she is due to take up her position as head of MI6, Amelia Levene vanishes without a trace. Her disappearance is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced for more than a decade. There has been no ransom demand, no word from foreign intelligence services, no hint of a defection
Abandoned by MI6 after a disastrous operation, Milius has slowly rebuilt his life in Madrid. But he still has fatal weakness for deception and secrets, and it's an urge he is about to scratch when a prominent Spanish politician disappears in suspicious circumstances.
Christopher Keen, once a master spy, is murdered in cold blood. His sons Mark and Benjamin, though they hadn't seen their father for over twenty years, are now drawn into the legacy of his life as a spy as they set out to discover the truth and avenge their father's death.But as their search proceeds, more questions arise--is Christopher's death connected to his past life in MI6? Was his eldest son involved in a conspiracy that links him to Moscow, Afghanistan, and the Russian mafia? Bestselling author Charles Cumming delivers a thriller that delves into the complicated double lives of spies, and what happens when their half-told secrets die with them.
For fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception... Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious - with a talent for deception. When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6, he is desperate to make his mark. But life as a spy begins to take a terrible toll on himself and those around him, and soon Alec is chasing not just success but survival. Forced to work alone, he spins a web of deceit that traps him centre stage in a game of global espionage. In this new job, the difference between truth and a lie can be a matter of life and death. And for Alec, it's getting harder to tell them apart... A Spy By Nature is the bestselling novel with which Charles Cumming announced his arrival as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton; compellingly told, utterly authentic and heart-racingly intense, it will grip you till the very last page.
Sechs Tage, in denen das Schicksal Großbritanniens in der Hand eines Mannes liegtSeit Tagen fehlt von Amelia Levene jede Spur. Ihr Verschwinden löst hinter den Kulissen des britischen Auslandsgeheimdienstes die größte Krise der jüngsten Vergangenheit aus. Denn in wenigen Wochen sollte Amelia ihre Stelle als erste weibliche Chefin des MI6 antreten. Für Thomas Kell jedoch wird der Fall zur Chance. Der wegen Fehlverhaltens entlassene Agent wird von seinen einstigen Vorgesetzten auf die Sache angesetzt. Seine Suche führt Kell von Paris nach Tunis, wo er einem Geheimnis aus Amelias Vergangenheit auf die Spur kommt, das Großbritanniens Sicherheit akut gefährdet und auch für ihn selbst zur tödlichen Bedrohung wird. Und nicht nur für ihn. Mit einer handvoll „freischaffender“ Experten versucht er, seine Gegner auszuschalten und Amelia vor einer Katastrophe zu bewahren ...
Die Spione des Kalten Krieges sind längst enttarnt. Bis auf einen. Und sein Geheimnis ist tödlich … Sam Gaddis, dem Geschichtsdozenten und Russlandexperten wird ein lukratives Projekt angetragen: ein Buch über ein bislang unbekanntes Mitglied des berüchtigten Spionagerings der »Cambridge Five«. Mit dieser Bezeichnung waren jene fünf Agenten des britischen Geheimdienstes gemeint, die ihr Wissen bis in die frühen 1950er-Jahre an die Sowjets verraten hatten. Nun behauptet eine Journalistin, Informationen über einen sechsten Mann gefunden zu haben, der womöglich noch lebt. Sam ahnt nicht, dass seine Recherchen lebensgefährlich sind. Denn seine Enthüllungen drohen Großbritannien und Russland in ihren Grundfesten zu erschüttern. Um das zu verhindern, sind einige Leute bereit, über Leichen zu gehen ...
Thomas Kell hat mit seiner Arbeit als Agent des MI6 abgeschlossen. Nachdem er sein halbes Leben dem britischen Geheimdienst gewidmet hat, ist ihm nichts geblieben, außer Trauer über die Ermordung seiner großen Liebe und maßloser Hass auf den Kreml. Da erhält Kell die Chance, sich an jenem russischen Topspion zu rächen, den er für den Tod seiner Freundin verantwortlich macht. Beharrlich arbeitet Kell an der Falle für sein Opfer. Doch in dem komplexen Katz-und-Maus-Spiel ist bald nicht mehr klar, wer wen manipuliert. Als Kell Informationen erhält, wonach ein terroristischer Anschlag in Großbritannien bevorsteht, muss er sich entscheiden – zwischen persönlicher Rache und Loyalität zum MI6.
Ein hochrangiger Angehöriger des iranischen Militärs wird beim Versuch, in den Westen überzulaufen, getötet. Eine junge türkische Reporterin wird plötzlich verhaftet. Ein Nuklearwissenschaftler wird in Teheran auf offener Straße erschossen. Alle Opfer waren kürzlich von westlichen Geheimdiensten rekrutiert worden. Dann kommt Paul Wallinger, Topagent des MI6, bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben. War es Mord? Sein Kollege Tom Kell ermittelt fieberhaft, denn offenbar gibt es einen „Maulwurf“ in den Reihen der westlichen Geheimdienste. Dieser sabotiert Operationen im Nahen Osten – mit verheerenden Folgen. Als Tom Kell die Tochter Paul Wallingers kennenlernt, steht für ihn aber bald weit mehr auf dem Spiel als die nationale Sicherheit ...
