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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tom BradbyPublisher: Black Cat Imprint: Black Cat Volume: 2 Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780802157645ISBN 10: 0802157645 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 03 November 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for Double Agent: The character of Kate is terrific. She's honest, brave and whip smart . . . If any of you are missing the Cold War espionage novels of the 1970s and 1980s, this series is for you. --Deadly Pleasures Magazine Bradby masterfully combines textured psychological drama with a rip-roaring plot that boasts several dizzying switchbacks along the way to a genuinely shocking conclusion. --Booklist (starred review) Engrossing . . . The tantalizingly ambiguous ending will leave the reader wondering what's in store for Kate. Bradby does a fine job balancing the professional with the personal. --Publishers Weekly Kate's quest has plenty of scope for a third volume . . . Bradby's fans will welcome his heroine's return. --Kirkus Reviews An enjoyably labyrinthine tale with a light touch and the odd naughty satirical echo. --Sunday Express Bradby's portrayal of squabbling Whitehall folk continues to be intriguing and distinctive (and piquantly naughty, coming as it does from ITV's chief anchorman). --Sunday Times A high-paced thriller. --Radio Times Zips along like a big, breaking news story. --The Sun Praise for Tom Bradby and Secret Service: A gripping thriller. --Sunday Times (UK), on Secret Service There are resonant echoes of le Carre here--in the way the betrayals reach from marriage beds to the seats of governments--but there is also a distinctly contemporary feeling in the idea that truth, even when it's discoverable, may no longer matter. --Booklist (starred review), on Secret Service Cracking, uber-topical spy thriller... Bradby deftly works in current fears of Moscow infiltrating our institutions amid a plot full of twists and turns. --Financial Times, on Secret Service The author reveals a rarely seen facet of secret agents: the domestic side. Not a cliched Jane Bond, Kate is a mother to two teenagers, daughter to a spiteful mother sliding into dementia, and wife to a civil servant who may be working for a traitor. Ops go sideways, betrayals abound, and good people die. Bradby keeps the reader guessing to the last. Fans of cerebral spycraft in the vein of le Carre will enjoy this outing. --Publishers Weekly, on Secret Service Enthralling and fast-moving...packed with details of modern tradecraft in the twilight world of spooks, against a background of politics at its most Machiavellian, it is the stuff headlines are made of. --Daily Mail, on Secret Service Teems with twists and the denouement is imaginative and unexpected. --Times (UK), on Secret Service A strong dose of international politics with an all-too-plausible premise. --Observer, on Secret Service An excellent thriller straight out of today's headlines...a fast, riveting yarn. --Sun, on Secret Service Atmospheric and richly entertaining. . . Political intrigue of the highest order. --Washington Post, on The White Russian Bradby has the talent of a reporter but the heart of a storyteller. --Daily Mail, on The God of Chaos A race-against-the-clock thriller and a complex psychological drama. --Irish Independent, on The Sleep of the Dead "Praise for Double Agent: ""The character of Kate is terrific. She's honest, brave and whip smart . . . If any of you are missing the Cold War espionage novels of the 1970s and 1980s, this series is for you.""--Deadly Pleasures Magazine ""Bradby masterfully combines textured psychological drama with a rip-roaring plot that boasts several dizzying switchbacks along the way to a genuinely shocking conclusion.""--Booklist (starred review) ""Engrossing . . . The tantalizingly ambiguous ending will leave the reader wondering what's in store for Kate. Bradby does a fine job balancing the professional with the personal.""--Publishers Weekly ""Kate's quest has plenty of scope for a third volume . . . Bradby's fans will welcome his heroine's return.""--Kirkus Reviews ""An enjoyably labyrinthine tale with a light touch and the odd naughty satirical echo.""--Sunday Express ""Bradby's portrayal of squabbling Whitehall folk continues to be intriguing and distinctive (and piquantly naughty, coming as it does from ITV's chief anchorman).""--Sunday Times ""A high-paced thriller.""--Radio Times ""Zips along like a big, breaking news story.""--The Sun Praise for Tom Bradby and Secret Service: ""A gripping thriller.""--Sunday Times (UK), on Secret Service ""There are resonant echoes of le Carré here--in the way the betrayals reach from marriage beds to the seats of governments--but there is also a distinctly contemporary feeling in the idea that truth, even when it's discoverable, may no longer matter.""--Booklist (starred review), on Secret Service ""Cracking, uber-topical spy thriller... Bradby deftly works in current fears of Moscow infiltrating our institutions amid a plot full of twists and turns.""--Financial Times, on Secret Service ""The author reveals a rarely seen facet of secret agents: the domestic side. Not a clichéd Jane Bond, Kate is a mother to two teenagers, daughter to a spiteful mother sliding into dementia, and wife to a civil servant who may be working for a traitor. Ops go sideways, betrayals abound, and good people die. Bradby keeps the reader guessing to the last. Fans of cerebral spycraft in the vein of le Carré will enjoy this outing.""--Publishers Weekly, on Secret Service ""Enthralling and fast-moving...packed with details of modern tradecraft in the twilight world of spooks, against a background of politics at its most Machiavellian, it is the stuff headlines are made of.""--Daily Mail, on Secret Service ""Teems with twists and the denouement is imaginative and unexpected.""--Times (UK), on Secret Service ""A strong dose of international politics with an all-too-plausible premise.""--Observer, on Secret Service ""An excellent thriller straight out of today's headlines...a fast, riveting yarn.""--Sun, on Secret Service ""Atmospheric and richly entertaining. . . Political intrigue of the highest order.""--Washington Post, on The White Russian ""Bradby has the talent of a reporter but the heart of a storyteller.""--Daily Mail, on The God of Chaos ""A race-against-the-clock thriller and a complex psychological drama.""--Irish Independent, on The Sleep of the Dead" Praise for Tom Bradby and Secret Service A gripping thriller. --Sunday Times (UK), on Secret Service There are resonant echoes of le Carre here--in the way the betrayals reach from marriage beds to the seats of governments--but there is also a distinctly contemporary feeling in the idea that truth, even when it's discoverable, may no longer matter. --Booklist (starred review), on Secret Service Cracking, uber-topical spy thriller... Bradby deftly works in current fears of Moscow infiltrating our institutions amid a plot full of twists and turns. --Financial Times, on Secret Service The author reveals a rarely seen facet of secret agents: the domestic side. Not a cliched Jane Bond, Kate is a mother to two teenagers, daughter to a spiteful mother sliding into dementia, and wife to a civil servant who may be working for a traitor. Ops go sideways, betrayals abound, and good people die. Bradby keeps the reader guessing to the last. Fans of cerebral spycraft in the vein of le Carre will enjoy this outing. --Publishers Weekly, on Secret Service Enthralling and fast-moving...packed with details of modern tradecraft in the twilight world of spooks, against a background of politics at its most Machiavellian, it is the stuff headlines are made of. --Daily Mail, on Secret Service Teems with twists and the denouement is imaginative and unexpected. --Times (UK), on Secret Service A strong dose of international politics with an all-too-plausible premise. --Observer, on Secret Service An excellent thriller straight out of today's headlines...a fast, riveting yarn. --Sun, on Secret Service Atmospheric and richly entertaining. . . Political intrigue of the highest order. --Washington Post, on The White Russian Bradby has the talent of a reporter but the heart of a storyteller. --Daily Mail, on The God of Chaos A race-against-the-clock thriller and a complex psychological drama. --Irish Independent, on The Sleep of the Dead Author InformationTom Bradby is a British novelist, screenwriter and journalist. As a broadcaster, he is best known as the current Anchor of the UK network ITV's News at Ten. He has written seven previous novels. The Master of Rain was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year, and both The White Russian and The God of Chaos were shortlisted for the CWA Historical Crime Novel of the Year. He lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |