Book description
In this crackerjack Cold War thriller, MI5 faces a deadly threat, one only Richard Knox can avert. But he only has six days and the clock is ticking fast.
How long can you survive in the shadows?
Richard Knox, freshly returned to active duty after a year out…
Why read it?
1 author picked A Game of Deceit as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was out of breath when I finished this.
This book hops between locales brilliantly, and following Knox through the claustrophobic maze of Kowloon walled city of was fantastic. The highlight for me - if you can call it that - was a certain scene in a grain silo - the stuff of nightmares.
Somehow, these books manage to improve each time, which is no mean feat when the first was my favorite spy novel in years. But mostly, I’m excited that this trilogy, as it stands so far, looks poised to be a springboard into a new world with…
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