The Envoy av Edward Wilson

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<p><b>The brilliant opening novel of the Catesby series, by a former special forces officer and ''the thinking person''s John le Carre''</b><b><br><br> ''Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carr¿ <i>Irish Independent</i></b><br><br><b>''More George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers'' <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br><b>London, 1956. The height of the Cold War.</b><br><br> On the face of it, Kit Fournier is a senior diplomat at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square. But that''s not the full story. He is also CIA Chief of Station.<br><br> With the nuclear arms race looming large, Kit goes undercover to meet with his KGB counterpart to pass on secret information about British spies. In a world where truth means deception and love means honey trap, sexual blackmail and personal betrayal are essential skills.<br><br> As the H-bomb apocalypse hangs over London, Kit Fournier fa