<p><b>''A timeless ripping espionage yarn''</b><br><b>''An up-to-the-minute political novel''</b><br><b>''Characters who become richer with every appearance''</b><br><b><i>Sunday Times Thriller of the Month</i></b><br><br><b>Heart-stopping international spy thriller from ''An espionage master'' (Charles Cumming) starring ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson for fans of Mick Herron, Lee Child and John le Carre</b><br><br>Ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson has been tasked with secretly guarding a gifted young woman, Zoe Freemantle. He is just beginning to tire of the job when he is attacked in the street by a freakish looking knifeman. It''s clear the target is on his back not hers. What he doesn''t know is who put it there.<br><br>At that moment, his mentor, the MI6 legend Robert Harland lies dead on a remote stretch of the Baltic coastline. Who needed to end the old spy''s life when he was, in any case, dying from a terminal illness? And what or who is Berlin Blue, the name scratched in the sketchbook b