A Duty of Care
‘Compelling . . . almost Dickensian’ Times
‘The best thriller writer in the world’ Daily Telegraph
*****
Jonas Merrick – a legendary intelligence analyst for MI5 – has been banished to the Post Room of Thames House. There, he is expected to pass his remaining days before inevitable retirement.
In a Russian gulag, an MI6 agent has developed an unlikely passion for a prisoner and has come up with an ingenious plan to free her. The key: a ruthless Albanian gang laundering the dirty money of the Russian elite.
Merrick, the only agent with the experience to help, is brought back once again to intercept the Albanian courier until an exchange is organised by the Russians.
But when it transpires that the courier is the heir of the criminal gang’s leader, the danger mounts, and Merrick once again finds himself in a situation spiralling towards a bloody confrontation.
Frighteningly topical and intensely plotted, Jonas Merrick – one of the great figures of modern spy fiction – returns
‘The best thriller writer in the world’ Daily Telegraph
*****
Jonas Merrick – a legendary intelligence analyst for MI5 – has been banished to the Post Room of Thames House. There, he is expected to pass his remaining days before inevitable retirement.
In a Russian gulag, an MI6 agent has developed an unlikely passion for a prisoner and has come up with an ingenious plan to free her. The key: a ruthless Albanian gang laundering the dirty money of the Russian elite.
Merrick, the only agent with the experience to help, is brought back once again to intercept the Albanian courier until an exchange is organised by the Russians.
But when it transpires that the courier is the heir of the criminal gang’s leader, the danger mounts, and Merrick once again finds himself in a situation spiralling towards a bloody confrontation.
Frighteningly topical and intensely plotted, Jonas Merrick – one of the great figures of modern spy fiction – returns
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[Seymour] has lost none of his talent for thrilling plots and creating credible and sympathetic characters, nor his journalist's eye for modern espionage tradecraft and techniques
PRAISE FOR GERALD SEYMOUR:
Seymour's finger is always on the current socio-political pulse
The great strength of Seymour's writing lies in his depiction of the poor bloody infantry of crime and policing
There are strong echoes of George Smiley in Merrick's mild and unprepossessing manner, which disguises a razor-sharp brain and considerable courage when necessary
You don't read Gerald Seymour, you commit to it totally. His stories have amazing detail, yet you still fly through them. And your effort is well rewarded
Supreme spy writer
[Charles] Cumming is perhaps matched only by Gerald Seymour now when it comes to recounting field operations