Sam Gaddis is in dire financial straits; the tax man wants a large amount of money and his estranged wife wants money so their daughter can attend a good school. He is going to have to write a best seller. His good friend Charlotte Berg suggests co-writing a book about a sixth spy, an additional member of the Cambridge Five. Unfortunately Charlotte dies before they can get underway.
Charlotte's husband, Paul gives Sam permission to access Charlotte's research. As he progresses with his own research, Sam runs into roadblocks, and sets into motion an even larger roadblock initiated by SIS. However, through two of Charlotte's contacts, San finds himself on the road to a groundbreaking story.
It is during a quick trip to Moscow that San comes to the realisation that he is in danger. Maybe Charlotte's death wasn't the heart attack it appeared to have been.
Author Charles Cumming pieces together a really good, modern spy thriller that takes Sam throughout Europe as he pieces together a story that results in the death of several people and threatens him and the people he loves. A thoroughly good read.
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