Every Spy a Traitor
Reeks: The Double Agent series
Alex Gerlis
- A
- Financial
- Times
- Best
- Book
- of
- 2024
‘One
- of
- the
- superstars
- of
- modern
- spy
- fiction’
- Daily
- Express'One
- of
- the
- best
- spy
- novels
- I've
- read'
- I.
- S.
- Berry,
- author
- of
- The
- Peacock
- and
- the
- Sparrow'Gerlis
- is
- at
- the
- top
- of
- his
- game'
- Paul
- Vidich,
- author
- of
- Beirut
- StationIt’s
- 1937.
- Fear
- and
- suspicion
- stalk
- the
- Continent.
- A
- million
- have
- died
- in
- Stalin’s
- Great
- Purge
- and
- the
- Nazi
- terror
- grips
- Germany.
- But
- British
- intelligence
- is
- still
- trying
- to
- work
- out
- who
- the
- enemy
- is.As
- Europe
- heads
- towards
- war,
- treason
- is
- in
- the
- air.
- British
- spymasters
- know
- there
- is
- one
- Soviet
- agent
- in
- their
- ranks,
- codenamed
- Agent
- ‘Archie’,
- and
- there’s
- a
- frantic
- search
- to
- find
- them.
- What
- they
- don’t
- know
- is
- that
- he
- is
- not
- the
- only
- traitor.The
- life
- of
- Charles
- Cooper,
- a
- young
- British
- writer
- travelling
- Europe
- to
- research
- his
- novel,
- is
- about
- to
- change
- for
- ever…The
- thrilling
- first
- novel
- in
- Alex
- Gerlis’
- new
- Double
- Agent
- espionage
- series,
- perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Charles
- Cumming
- and
- Mick
- Herron.'Fascinating...
- A
- pleasant
- blend
- of
- John
- Buchan
- derring-do
- if
- lightweight
- adventures
- and
- the
- more
- gritty
- Le
- Carré-like
- grey
- travails
- in
- the
- secret
- corridors
- of
- power'
- Maxim
- Jakubowski,
- Crime
- Time'Clever
- plotting,
- rich
- detail
- and
- a
- compelling
- story
- of
- a
- young
- man
- forced
- to
- become
- a
- double
- agent
- to
- survive
- in
- a
- world
- where
- friends
- become
- adversaries
- and
- no
- one
- can
- be
- trusted.Every
- Spy
- a
- Traitor
- will
- reward
- fans
- of
- Graham
- Greene,
- Charles
- Cumming,
- Frederick
- Forsythe
- and
- Alan
- Furst'
- Paul
- Vidich,
- author
- of
- Beirut
- Station'An
- absorbing
- portrait
- of
- a
- world
- on
- the
- brink
- that
- disarms
- you
- before
- it
- floors
- you'
- Tim
- Glister,
- author
- of
- Red
- Corona'With
- this
- brilliant
- tale
- of
- a
- writer
- entangled
- in
- pre-World
- War
- II
- espionage,
- Gerlis
- cleverly
- builds
- an
- ironic
- and
- darkly
- realistic
- world
- that
- shows
- just
- how
- nebulous
- is
- the
- border
- between
- good
- and
- evil,
- observer
- and
- participant,
- our
- inner
- and
- outer
- lives.
- Richly
- imagined,
- meticulously
- plotted,
- and
- chockfull
- of
- historic
- details,
- Every
- Spy
- a
- Traitor
- is
- one
- of
- those
- rare
- books
- that
- gets
- better
- with
- every
- page.
- One
- of
- the
- best
- spy
- novels
- I've
- read'
- I.
- S.
- Berry,
- author
- of
- The
- Peacock
- and
- the Sparrow
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