Paris in 1968. In a city alive with talk of revolution, Will Flemyng finds himself in the thick of the action, a young spy whose first adventures behind the Iron Curtain have already given him a secret glamour. But now he gets news that threatens the closest and most complicated relationship in his life, with his younger brother.
A new thriller from the popular BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme presenter, this follows the success of "The Madness Of July". Set in Paris in 1968, it follows Will Flemyng and his brother as they are caught in the thick of the action of revolutionaries and spies. With appeal to fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris.
Naughtie writes with a cool authority reminiscent of that now neglected master of the novel of espionage, William Haggard'
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