Secret Asset: (Liz Carlyle 2) - Softcover

Rimington, Stella

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099472597 ISBN 13: 9780099472599

Verlag: Arrow, 2007

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From the former head of MI5 and bestselling author Stella Rimington comes the heart-stopping second novel featuring MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle. When Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns from one of her agents that suspicious meetings are taking place at an Islamic bookshop, she trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work. Her boss, Charles Wetherby, immediately puts a surveillance operation into place., An attack seems imminent. So Liz is surprised when Wetherby suddenly takes her off the case. And she's shocked to hear the reason why: he has received a tip-off that a mole is at work inside British Intelligence., If true, then the potential damage to the Service itself could be immeasurable. Now, as her colleagues scramble to avert a terrorist strike, Liz must find out who the mole is, and what their intentions are, before it is too late.

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Críticas

"A cracking good thriller" (Lynn Barber Observer)

"Intelligent... Undeniably pacey" (Guardian)

"This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication" (Mail on Sunday)

"Tense and terrifying" (Cosmopolitan)

"The Security Service background is exceedingly convincing" (Evening Standard)

Contraportada

'Liz Carlyle is an MI5 agent with the traditional thriller-heroine mix of dysfunctional personal life and steely ambition' Daily Telegraph

From the former head of MI5 and author of the bestselling At Risk comes a heart-stopping new thriller that returns us to the high stakes world of MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle.

When Liz learns from one of her agents that suspicious meetings are taking place at an Islamic bookshop, she trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work. Her boss, Charles Wetherby, Director of Counter Terrorism, trusts her as well and immediately puts a surveillance operation into place. An attack seems imminent.

So Liz is surprised when Wetherby suddenly takes her off the case. And she's shocked to hear the reason why: he has received a tip-off that a mole is at work inside British Intelligence. If true, then the potential damage to the Service itself could be immeasurable. Now, as her colleagues scramble to avert a terrorist strike, Liz must find out who the mole is, and what their intentions are, before it is too late.

'Readers can expect authenticity - and that is what she delivers' The Times

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• Verlag: Arrow
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0099472597
• ISBN 13: 9780099472599
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448