Description
Patrick Worrall's brilliantly researched, atmospherically precise spy thriller—set in the final years of the Cold War and following a British intelligence officer whose investigation into a defection leads to discoveries that threaten to destroy everything she has built—is one of the most accomplished and most formally intelligent debut spy thrillers of recent years. Written with the historical authority, the procedural realism, and the moral intelligence that distinguish genuinely literary espionage fiction from the merely exciting, this is essential reading for every fan of intelligent Cold War fiction. An impressive debut.
