Charles Cumming is een Britse auteur van internationaal bejubelde spionagethrillers. Gebaseerd op zijn eigen ervaringen als voormalig rekruut bij de Britse geheime dienst, bieden zijn romans een scherpe, authentieke inkijk in de wereld van de spionage. Hij creëert ingewikkelde plots en complexe personages, waardoor lezers een boeiende en realistische weergave van de geheime wereld krijgen.
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
THE MOROCCAN GIRL ist ein eigenständiger Thriller von Charles Cumming. Kit Carradine ist der erfolgreiche Autor mehrerer Bestseller. Als er von MI6 angesprochen wird und gebeten wird, während eines Literaturfestivals in Marokko eine einfache Aufgabe für sein Land zu übernehmen, ergreift er die Gelegenheit. Doch es ist nicht alles so, wie es scheint. Carradine findet sich bald auf der Spur von Lara Bartok, einer führenden Figur in Resurrection, einer gewalttätigen revolutionären Bewegung, die prominente rechtsgerichtete Politiker weltweit ins Visier nimmt. Zwischen konkurrierenden Geheimdiensten, die Bartok tot sehen wollen, steht Carradine vor der Wahl: Bartok ihrem Schicksal zu überlassen oder alles zu riskieren, um sie zu retten.
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.
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 ...
Perfect for fans of John le Carre, a gripping and suspenseful spy novel from 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday)
A Foreign Country Charles Cumming On the vacation of a lifetime in Egypt, an elderly French couple is brutally murdered. Then, days later, on the streets of Paris, a young French accountant is kidnapped. When Amelia Levene, who in six weeks is due to take over as the first female Chief of MI6, disappears without a trace while in the south of France, it is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced in more than a decade. Desperate not only to find her but to keep the press from learning that she has gone missing, Britain's top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced former MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Tossed out of the Service only months before, the spy is given one final chance to redeem himself—all he has to do is find Amelia Levene: quickly, quietly, and at any cost. Following an espionage trail that leads him to France and then Tunisia, Kell uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions for Britain and its allies. All that stands in the way of personal and political catastrophe is Kell himself…
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. . .
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.
Alec Milius is 24 jaar, pas afgestudeerd in de economie en heeft een saaie baan als marketing consultant en advertentieverkoper. Maar dan verschijnt Michael Hawkes ten tonele, een oud-diplomaat en vriend van Alecs ouders. Op diens voorspraak solliciteert Alec op een post bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Tijdens het tweede gesprek wordt echter duidelijk dat het gaat om een baan bij een heel andere organisatie, namelijk de Secret Intelligence Service, een onderdeel van MI6... Alec komt terecht in een wereld waar niemand is wie hij lijkt en waar hij niemand kan vertrouwen. Maar Alec Milius blijkt een natuurtalent, in alles een spion. Tot zijn eigen leven in gevaar komt.
