Ascension: an absolutely gripping BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pick
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- Synopsis
- 'One of our finest thriller writers' Evening StandardA BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 2021'Oliver Harris is always pure quality' Ian Rankin'A fascinating tale of modern espionage in a unique setting' Irish IndependentThree friends from a mission many years ago reconnect when one of them dies in mysterious circumstances on remote Ascension Island. Rory Bannatyne had been tasked with tapping a new transatlantic data cable, but a day before he was due to return home he is found hanged. When Kathryn Taylor, on the South Atlantic MI5 desk, begs ex-spy Elliot Kane to go over and investigate, he can't say no, but it's an uneasy reintroduction to the intelligence game.Entirely isolated from the world, the disappearance of a young girl on the island at the same time as Rory's death means local tensions are high. Elliot needs to discover what happened to her as well as to Rory. But the island contains more secrets than even the government knows, and it's not going to give them up without a fight. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING'Captivating...Gripping, relevant and frenetic. You'll be hard pressed to put this one down for a second' Amazon reader five star review'Stunning spy novel...This is the best of its genre I've read' Amazon reader five star review'A bit like a thinking person's Lee Child' Amazon reader five star review
- Copyright:
- 2021
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781405552554
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781408709955
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 05/25/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Oliver Harris
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- James Langton
- Categories:
- Military, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Technology, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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