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A Reluctant Spy
On sale
12th September 2024
Price: £22
RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN.
‘In the very top tier of espionage fiction’ M. W. CRAVEN
‘A twisting, edge-of-your-seat tale of mercenaries, greed, corruption, and espionage’ I.S. BERRY
‘Ultra-modern espionage, globe-trotting action and high-octane fun – this is Spooks on steroids’ TIM GLISTER
Jamie Tulloch is a successful exec at a top tech company, a long way from the tough upbringing that drove him to rise so far and so quickly.
But he has a secret…since the age of 23, he’s had a helping hand from the Legend Programme, a secret intelligence effort to prepare impenetrable backstories for undercover agents. Real people, living real lives, willing to hand over their identities for a few weeks in return for a helping hand with plum jobs, influence and access.
When his tap on the shoulder finally comes, it’s swiftly followed by the thud of a body. Arriving at a French airport ready to hand over his identity, Jamie finds his primary contact dead, the agent who’s supposed to step into his life AWOL and his options for escape non-existent.
Pitched into a deadly mission on hostile territory, Jamie must contend with a rogue Russian general, arms dealers, elite hackers, CIA tac-ops and the discovery of a brewing plan for war. Dangerously out of his depth, he must convince his sceptical mission handler he can do the job of a trained field agent while using his own life story as convincing cover.
Can Jamie play himself well enough to avoid being killed – and to avert a lethal global conflict?
‘I was on the edge of my seat the whole time’ ANTONY JOHNSTON
‘A rip-roaring page-turning keep-you-up-all-night thriller’ NICHOLAS BINGE, author of ASCENSION
‘Smart, riveting, and eerily prescient’ SUNYI DEAN, Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
‘A pulse-pounding, twisting thrill-a-minute read that Slow Horses fans are going to absolutely love’ ADAM SIMCOX
‘In the very top tier of espionage fiction’ M. W. CRAVEN
‘A twisting, edge-of-your-seat tale of mercenaries, greed, corruption, and espionage’ I.S. BERRY
‘Ultra-modern espionage, globe-trotting action and high-octane fun – this is Spooks on steroids’ TIM GLISTER
Jamie Tulloch is a successful exec at a top tech company, a long way from the tough upbringing that drove him to rise so far and so quickly.
But he has a secret…since the age of 23, he’s had a helping hand from the Legend Programme, a secret intelligence effort to prepare impenetrable backstories for undercover agents. Real people, living real lives, willing to hand over their identities for a few weeks in return for a helping hand with plum jobs, influence and access.
When his tap on the shoulder finally comes, it’s swiftly followed by the thud of a body. Arriving at a French airport ready to hand over his identity, Jamie finds his primary contact dead, the agent who’s supposed to step into his life AWOL and his options for escape non-existent.
Pitched into a deadly mission on hostile territory, Jamie must contend with a rogue Russian general, arms dealers, elite hackers, CIA tac-ops and the discovery of a brewing plan for war. Dangerously out of his depth, he must convince his sceptical mission handler he can do the job of a trained field agent while using his own life story as convincing cover.
Can Jamie play himself well enough to avoid being killed – and to avert a lethal global conflict?
‘I was on the edge of my seat the whole time’ ANTONY JOHNSTON
‘A rip-roaring page-turning keep-you-up-all-night thriller’ NICHOLAS BINGE, author of ASCENSION
‘Smart, riveting, and eerily prescient’ SUNYI DEAN, Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
‘A pulse-pounding, twisting thrill-a-minute read that Slow Horses fans are going to absolutely love’ ADAM SIMCOX
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Reviews
A rip-roaring page-turning keep-you-up-all-night thriller
Gleaming with freshness and verve, A Reluctant Spy is a pulse-pounding, twisting thrill-a-minute read that Slow Horses fans are going to absolutely love. There's a new spy king in town...
Smart, riveting, and eerily prescient
A brilliant high concept, fast-moving and impeccably told. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.
A Reluctant Spy hits the ground running and never lets up. Clever, witty and all too believable; it's in the very top tier of espionage fiction
All-too-relatable spy thriller that raised my heart rate and kept it hammering.
Ultra-modern espionage, globe-trotting action and high-octane fun - this is Spooks on steroids
Delving into the messy alliances of our post-Cold War world, A Reluctant Spy delivers a twisting, edge-of-your-seat tale of mercenaries, greed, corruption, and espionage set in sultry Zanzibar. Taut and suspenseful, it's as sharp as the salt and lime on a Tanzanian margarita.