Book description
Losing one spy might be a mistake;
Losing two seems negligent;
Losing three is a disaster.
When investigator Septimus Brass delves into the strange death of an intelligence officer and the vanishing of two others, he encounters a web of official deceit.
The stakes are high. Some government ministers are…
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1 author picked How Not to Kill a Spy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A frighteningly realistic spy story, set in modern Britain, with an ageing hero who has prostate problems, battling the prospect of an creeping privatisation of SIS, the British intelligence service that traces its heritage back to the 16th century days of Good Queen Bess. The tale in spiced with two elderly and one young woman are intelligent, likable and credible. The author, a well-known and well-travelled Scottish journalist who also served in the ranks of SIS, knows his territory, its people and its skills at betrayal.
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