<P><B>A <I>SUNDAY TIMES </I>THRILLER OF THE MONTH</B><br><br><B>''HANINGTON EXCELS... THERE ARE NODS TO LE CARRE, BUT HIS IMPRESSIVE DEBUT IS HIS OWN THING'' </B><I>The Sunday Times</I><br><B>''THOUGHTFUL, ATMOSPHERIC AND GRIPPINGLY PLOTTED'' </B><I>Guardian</I><br><B>''IMPRESSIVE... HANINGTON HAS TRUE TALENT'' </B><I>The Times</I><br>''<B>TREMENDOUS</B>'' William Boyd<br>''<B>ENTHRALLING</B>'' Michael Palin<br>''<B>AMAZINGLY GRIPPING</B>'' Melvyn Bragg<br>''<B>A BELTING GOOD READ</B>'' A.L. Kennedy<br>''<B>I LOVED EVERY MINUTE IN THIS BOOK''S COMPANY</B>'' Fi Glover<br>''<B>A NATURAL STORYTELLER</B>'' John Humphrys<br>''<B>DEEPLY INTELLIGENT</B>'' Will Gompertz<br><br><B>Kabul, Afghanistan.</B><br><br>In a brilliantly plotted <B>contemporary thriller </B>with echoes of <B>Graham Greene</B> and <B>John le Carr¿B>, William Carver, a veteran but unpredictable BBC hack, is thrown into the unknown when a bomb goes off killing a local official. Warned off the story from every direction, Car