false 306659 2 0 male Ayr, Scotland 1971/04/05 915957 0312366353 9780312366353 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431320m/915957.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179431320s/915957.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/915957.A_Spy_by_Nature_A_Novel 3.15 65 This is what they told me a long time ago.
Only make contact in the event of an emergency.
Only telephone if you believe that your position has been fatally compromised.
Under no circumstances are you to approach us unless it is absolutely necessary in order to preserve the security of the operation.
This is the number.

Alec Milius is young, smart, and ambitious. He also has a talent for deception. He is working in a dead-end job when a chance encounter leads him to MI6, the elite British Secret Intelligence Service, handing him an opportunity to play center-stage in a dangerous game of espionage.</div><div>
In his new line of work, Alec finds that the difference between the truth and a lie can mean the difference between life and death—and he is having trouble telling them apart. Isolated and exposed, he must play a role in which the slightest glance or casual remark can seem heavy with unintended menace. Caught between British and American Intelligence, Alec finds himself threatened and alone, unable to confide in even his closest friend. His life as a spy begins to exact a terrible price, both on himself and on those around him.</div><div>
Richly atmospheric and chillingly plausible, A Spy By Nature announces the arrival of British author Charles Cumming as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton. A bestseller in England, it’s the gripping story of a young man driven by ruthless ambition who finds himself chasing not just success, but survival.</div></div>]]> 306659 3.31 166 40 2001 876732 014101783X 9780141017839 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179113002m/876732.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179113002s/876732.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/876732.Spanish_Game 3.24 41 306659 3.31 166 40 2006 3687885 0718147367 9780718147365 7 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3687885.Typhoon 3.41 17 "Skilled fiction...tight and complex." - The New York Times

"Compelling... Complex and satisfying." - Publisher's Weekly

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"Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese rule. It's a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges from the seas off the New Territories, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the Governor himself, a young MI6 agent, Joe Lennox, sees an opportunity to make his reputation.

But when the old man, a high-profile Chinese professor, is spirited away in the middle of the night by Joe's superiors, in collusion with the CIA, it's clear that there's a great deal more than a young spy's career at stake. The professor, it seems, holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plan that could have awesome and catastrophic repercussions for China in the 21st century."]]> 306659 3.31 166 40 2008 1792934 071814452X 9780718144524 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188419003m/1792934.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188419003s/1792934.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1792934.The_Hidden_Man 3.00 13 306659 3.31 166 40 2003 7279874 1407427474 9781407427478 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7279874-typhoon 0.0 0 306659 3.31 166 40 1216280 0.0 0 0 2009 7279873 1436192331 9781436192330 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7279873-typhoon 0.0 0 306659 3.31 166 40 1216280 0.0 0 0 2009 7279872 1410423867 9781410423863 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7279872-typhoon 0.0 0 306659 3.31 166 40 2010 6486882 0141041293 9780141041292 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6486882-typhoon-export-ed 0.0 0 306659 3.31 166 40 2009 3728500 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215870888m/3728500.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215870888s/3728500.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3728500.The_21_Steps 0.0 0 306659 3.31 166 40 2008 1792933 014101802X 9780141018027 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1792933.Run 0.0 0 306659 3.31 166 40 2008