<DIV><B>'Alan Judd's special magic is to mix contemporary events as they break over our heads with the codes and crafts of the secret world on whose special traits he is always uncannily up to date' Peter Hennessy</B><BR/><B>'Plotting in the best le Carré tradition' <I>Mail on Sunday</I></B><BR/> From the author of <I>Legacy</I>, now a major BBC Film, and <I>The Kaiser's Last Kiss</I> comes a brilliant new novel for fans of John le Carre and Charles Cumming<BR/><BR/> Brexit looms and <B>Charles Thoroughgood</B>, Chief of MI6, is forbidden for political reasons from spying on the EU.  But when an EU official volunteers the EU’s negotiating bottom lines to one of his officers, Charles has to report it.  <BR/><BR/> Whitehall is eager for more but as the case develops Charles realises that it may not be quite what it appears.  At the same time, he finds he has a family connection with a possible terrorist whom MI5 want checked out.&