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MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is summoned to a meeting with her boss Charles Wetherby, head of the Service's Counter-Espionage Branch. His counterpart over at MI6 has received alarming intelligence from a high-placed Syrian source. A Middle East peace conference is planned to take place at Gleneagles in Scotland and several heads of state will attend. The Syrians have learned that two individuals are mounting an operation to disrupt the peace conference in a way designed to be spectacular, laying the blame at Syria's door. The source claims that Syrian Intelligence will act against the pair, presumably by killing them.

No one knows who they are or what they are planning to do. Are they working together? Who is controlling them? Or is the whole story a carefully laid trail of misinformation? It is Liz's job to find out. But, as she discovers, the threat is far greater than she or anyone else could have imagined. The future of the whole of the Middle East is at stake and the conference deadline is drawing ever closer.



Trade Review
'A beguiling and successful debut' Evening Standard. * Evening Standard *
'A tense, terrifying read we couldn't put down' Cosmopolitan. * Cosmopolitan *
'A wealth of persuasive detail, obviously drawn from first hand experience' Marie Claire. * Marie Claire *
'The details of how MI5 conducts its business are fascinating ... Stella establishes a cracking pace and keeps you guessing right up until the end' Sunday Express. * Sunday Express *
'This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication, that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday *

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    A Paperback / softback by Stella Rimington

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      Publisher: Quercus Publishing
      Publication Date: 04/06/2009
      ISBN13: 9781847247896, 978-1847247896
      ISBN10: 184724789X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is summoned to a meeting with her boss Charles Wetherby, head of the Service's Counter-Espionage Branch. His counterpart over at MI6 has received alarming intelligence from a high-placed Syrian source. A Middle East peace conference is planned to take place at Gleneagles in Scotland and several heads of state will attend. The Syrians have learned that two individuals are mounting an operation to disrupt the peace conference in a way designed to be spectacular, laying the blame at Syria's door. The source claims that Syrian Intelligence will act against the pair, presumably by killing them.

      No one knows who they are or what they are planning to do. Are they working together? Who is controlling them? Or is the whole story a carefully laid trail of misinformation? It is Liz's job to find out. But, as she discovers, the threat is far greater than she or anyone else could have imagined. The future of the whole of the Middle East is at stake and the conference deadline is drawing ever closer.



      Trade Review
      'A beguiling and successful debut' Evening Standard. * Evening Standard *
      'A tense, terrifying read we couldn't put down' Cosmopolitan. * Cosmopolitan *
      'A wealth of persuasive detail, obviously drawn from first hand experience' Marie Claire. * Marie Claire *
      'The details of how MI5 conducts its business are fascinating ... Stella establishes a cracking pace and keeps you guessing right up until the end' Sunday Express. * Sunday Express *
      'This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication, that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday *

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