Five stars. One of the best books Ive read in a very, very long time James OBrien, LBCThis is first class The Times | Excellent SpectatorExceptional David McCloskey, author of The Seventh FloorA highly accomplished novel from a new writer of great promise Financial TimesEverything a John le Carr fan could ever wish for Private Eye #1615A cracker of a debut novel which really does make clear whats been going on Bill Nighy via The RakeWonderful Rory Stewart, cohost of The Rest is Politics podcastA marvellously confident debut, sharply observed and exceptionally well written Charles Cumming, author of Box 88Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties, identified and broken up after passing national secrets to the Soviets for years. But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found?2022 Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance.But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just stop.Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid exspook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption?From...

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