<p><b>The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK''s most exciting new spy writer</b><br><br><b><i>A Russian defector is found brutally murdered in a London hotel.</i></b><br><br>Only four people knew he had turned - the four most important and powerful figures in Whitehall.<br><br>There''s only one conclusion:<br><br><i>A mole has infiltrated the highest levels of the nation''s security.</i><br><br>Operating in secret from within Westminster''s darkest corners, former spy, Solomon Vine, must uncover the traitor.<br><br>Because Britain''s future hangs in the balance.<br><br><b><i>And with it, the fate of the whole world . . .</i></b><br><br><b><u>Praise for Matthew Richardson</u></b><br><br><b>''Proof that the spy genre is flourishing in the 21st century . . . [Richardson''s] plotting has an old-school, Swiss-clock precision''</b><i>The Guardian</i><br><br><b>''Compelling, intense </b>and <b>sharply authentic''</b> James Swallow, bestse