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What if the CIA and MI6 began spying on each other? Artemis Procter returns in David McCloskey’s electrifying new spy thriller.

What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskey’s thrilling fifth novel. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its close relationship with their cousins across the Atlantic. Case officers, including newly installed London Chief of Station, Artemis Procter, must now navigate a tense environment as old friends become adversaries and no one knows who to trust. When agents run by both services begin dying, Procter and her team at London Station must decide whether loyalty to the Mission and their friends means disobeying the Agency they serve.

Immersing readers in the technological revolution upending intelligence tradecraft, David McCloskey’s brilliant new thriller depicts the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of how CIA and MI6 collaborate and explores what happens when politics threaten to destroy the ‘Special Relationship’ between America and Britain.

THE FIFTH NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER, THE REST IS CLASSIFIED PODCAST CO-HOST AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION (‘One of the best spy thrillers in years’ THE TIMES) AND ***SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** MOSCOW X

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‘Quite literally, this is not just McCloskey’s best book by far, it is the best spy novel I have ever read: brilliantly written and plotted’ – Antony Beevor, military historian and Sunday Times #1 bestselling author of Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921 ‘Brilliant, wildly compelling, thrilling read that I couldn’t put down. One of the best thrillers I’ve ever read, propulsively realistic & prophetic. His creation Artemis is becoming a classic. David McCloskey is the top spy thrillerist of our lethal era’- Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘An immensely enjoyable and gripping read, but also an essential account – perhaps the first one – of a major shift in world politics: the end of the transatlantic alliance. Right on the nose, very funny and hugely insightful. We are lucky to have a writer of David’s quality to be the person writing it’ – Charles Beaumont ‘A real treat for all espionage fans: a stylish and clever thriller which poses the question “what if the CIA and MI6 began spying on each other” and answers it with a gripping plot featuring the welcome return of Artemis Procter. Highly recommended for all spy fiction fans and beyond’ – Alex Gerlis, author of City of Traitors ‘McCloskey is the best spy thriller writer working today’ – Tim Shipman, Spybrary Praise for David McCloskey

‘A great spy writer’ Tim Shipman

‘The top spy writer of these wild turbulent times’ Simon Sebag Montefiore

‘One of the best – and most authentic – spy thrillers in years’ The Times on Damascus Station