Matching the style of le Carr? with the high-energy action of Ludlum,Dead Spy Runningcomes racing out of the gate as the first in a fantastic new series.
From its breathtaking start at the London Marathon, Jon Stock sets a breakneck pace that marks him as a formidable new thriller writer.Dead Spy Runningwill captivate readers with a story that leaps from a bomb threat in London, to a secret CIA black site in Poland, and on to India, where a spectacular assassination plot threatens to throw world politics into chaos.
JON STOCK, a former Delhi correspondent, works for theLondon Daily Telegraph,writes a column for theWeek Magazinein India, and has contributed to BBC Radio. He is married, with three children, and lives in Wiltshire, UK.
As elegant as Le Carr? and as cynical as the Twenty-First Century. The Observer (UK)
As strong as Bourne, as clever as Bond, but with a voice set for Generation Next, Jon Stock has done the impossible in Daniel Marchant and created THE new spy, a living, breathing human, whose own unpredictability suits perfectly our unpredictable world.' Stephen Gaghan, Oscar-winning writer of Traffic
Smart, classy, and relentlessly gripping, Dead Spy Running grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I couldn't quit turning the pages -- like Daniel Marchant running the London marathon, I couldn't stop. Meg Gardiner, author of China Lake
Dead Spy Running is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape -- and a bit beyond. Robert Goddard, author of Into the Blue
An elegant, unstoppable front runner of a spy thriller. The Observer (UK)
The sophistication of John Le Carr? or David Ignatius...this is a Jason Bourne sweat-fest with George Smiley's brain. Daily Telegraph (UK)
Protagonist Daniel Marchant is the perfect post-Bond spy.... Move over, Jason Bourne. Bookpage
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