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'Compelling . . . almost Dickensian' Times
'The best thriller writer in the world' Daily Telegraph
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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…
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Gerald Seymour’s A Duty of Care proves why he remains one of the masters of modern espionage fiction.
Exiled MI5 officer Jonas Merrick uncovers a plot linking an MI6 agent in a Russian gulag and an Albanian gang laundering money for the Kremlin elite (see the connection there?). The result is a story that blends furious pacing with soul-stirring moral complexity. Seymour captures the shadowy intersections of loyalty, corruption, and survival, making every character feel painfully human.
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