Mandrake
By (Author) Paul Eddy
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
7th August 2002
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
823.92
Hardback
448
Width 161mm, Height 43mm, Spine 238mm
779g
Grace Flint: The best undercover cop in the business and - since plastic surgeons re-built her shattered face - probably the most beautiful. Now Flint has a new career running operations, and she's running headlong into trouble.
Operation Pentecost: An elaborate sting designed by Flint to trap Karl Kremer, former East German spy turned financial manipulator. But Pentecost has become a snare for Flint s undercover agents. One agent is already dead, and the evidence of treachery is mounting.Mandrake: MI6 codename for the traitor close enough to Flint to anticipate her every move. Who is Mandrake and who in the US government is determined to protect himIn Paul Eddy's stunning second novel Grace Flint is back in the firing line, tougher, bolder (and in more trouble) than before. This time she finds her own closest relationships, her own deepest emotions, under the spotlight. And what she finds there could destroy her.The slick stroytelling keeps up the tension right to the end - The Sunday Telegraph
Eddy proves he's more than capable of handling red hot material - The MirrorThe book feels inspired by old British institutions, including Ian Fleming and the 1970s TV series The Professionals...an enjoyable atmosphere - The GuardianPaul Eddy has been writing investigative articles for more than 25 years, primarily for the Sunday Times. He has co-authored eight non-fiction books covering a spectrum from war to espionage, terrorism to drug-trafficking. He regularly writes for the Sunday Times magazine.