A Spy Alone: A compelling modern espionage novel from a former MI6 operative (Beaumont Charles)(Paperback)

''Five stars. One of the best books I''ve read in a very, very long time'' James O''Brien, LBC''This is first class'' The Times | ''Excellent'' Spectator''Exceptional'' David McCloskey, author of The Seventh Floor''A highly accomplished novel from a new writer of great promise'' Financial Times''Everything a John le Carré fan could ever wish for'' Private Eye #1615''A cracker of a debut novel which really does make clear what''s been going on'' Bill Nighy via The Rake''Wonderful'' Rory Stewart, co-host of The Rest is Politics podcast‘A marvellously confident debut, sharply observed and exceptionally well written’ Charles Cumming, author of Box 88Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties, identified and broken up after passing national secrets to the Soviets for years. But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found…?2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance.But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just… stop.Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another p
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