THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.BBC Security Correspondent FRANK GARDNERS thrillers are . . .Fast, taut, tense, accurate. FREDERICK FORSYTHUtterly authentic. DAILY MAILEnthralling, intelligent. FINANCIAL TIMES Nerveshredding. TONY PARSONSHeartinmouth. iNEWSPAPERCompulsively readable. RADIO TIMES The world is on high alert. Across the Strait from Taiwan, Chinas armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the Peoples Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?Britains Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fastescalating situation. A collector is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong caf, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, Chinas feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?As geopolitical tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tipoffs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And its there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. ....

Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FHD; Weight: 738 g; Dimensions: 164 x 244 x 39

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