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BOX 88 (BOX 88, Book 1)

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Description for BOX 88 (BOX 88, Book 1) Hardcover.
An organisation that doesn’t exist. A spy that can’t be caught.

Years ago, a spy was born…

1989: The Cold War will soon be over, but for BOX 88, a top secret spying agency, the espionage game is heating up. Lachlan Kite, recruited from an elite ... Read more

Now he faces the deadliest decision of his life…

2020: MI5 hear rumours of BOX 88’s existence and go after Kite – but Iranian intelligence have got to him first. Taken captive and brutally tortured, Kite has a choice: reveal the truth about what happened in France thirty years earlier – or watch his family die.

In a battle unlike anything he has faced before, Kite must use all his skills to stay alive.

’A spy for the 21st century’Daily Mail, Books of the Year

‘Wonderfully taut, exciting and up-to-date’Spectator, Books of the Year

‘An ambitious fusion of coming-of-age novel and gripping espionage thriller’Financial Times, Books of the Year

BOX 88 is so good. Charles Cumming is up there with the very best espionage writers’ Ian Rankin

‘A wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming’s most ambitious – and his best – yet’ Mick Herron

‘Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel’ Ben Macintyre

‘Atmospheric and full of sharply realised characters’ Sunday Times

‘A clever thriller’ Sun

‘Intelligence, grace, and stunning verisimilitude’ Gregg Hurwitz

‘An engaging hero’ James Swallow

‘All the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller’ Charlotte Philby

‘Sharp-eyed and satisfying’ Henry Porter

‘A great new spy hero is born’ Amanda Craig

‘Ideal for anyone nostalgic for their first love and the whiff of Marlboro Lights’ The Times

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008200367
SKU
9780008200367
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Charles Cumming
Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. Shortly after university, he was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), an experience that inspired his first novel, A Spy by Nature. He has written several bestselling thrillers, including A Foreign Country which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller and the Bloody Scotland Crime Book ... Read more

Reviews for BOX 88 (BOX 88, Book 1)
’The talented Cumming comes up with a spy for the 21st century in Lachlan Kite’ Daily Mail, Books of the Year ‘A wonderfully taut, exciting and up-to-date spy thriller’ Spectator, Books of the Year ‘An ambitious ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for BOX 88 (BOX 88, Book 1)


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