Cumming’s latest, combining the best of old-fashioned Cold War intrigue with realistic situations and modern technology, will be a hit with spy-novel fans. Listeners will be eager for the next installment in this top-notch series.
There is clearly another Kite adventure coming, and it is necessary to address how this novel “ends.” Fans of spy novels in the style of John le Carré and Daniel Silva should enjoy.
In present-day Turkey, disgraced agent Tom Kell is brought back into the fold when the female head of British Intelligence recruits him to find a mole suspected of engineering a plane crash that killed her lover...
This fast-paced thriller is full of twists, turns, and surprises. With well-developed, complex characters and plenty of details about spycraft, it's a perfect summer read for fans of Stella Rimington and John le Carré. [See Prepub Alert, 2/24/14.]
Cumming's sixth thriller (after The Trinity Six) simmers and crackles until the explosive finale. Where in other novels Kell would need the entire narrative to find Levene, he discovers her whereabouts almost immediately. That plot twist along with the surprises that follow make this a worthwhile read that will appeal especially to readers who appreciate John le Carré, Olen Steinhauer, and David Ignatius. [See Prepub Alert, 2/12/12; 100,000-copy first printing.]