The Shame Archive: 'Captivating and horrifying' Manda Scott
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Publishing Details
The Shame Archive: 'Captivating and horrifying' Manda Scott
By (Author) Oliver Harris
Little, Brown Book Group
Abacus
12th November 2024
4th June 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Physical Properties
Hardback
336
Width 156mm, Height 238mm, Spine 32mm
540g
Description
'Captivating and horrifying at once, a completely plausible evocation of the putrid morass that is the British Establishment and its craven capitulation to Russian money - or indeed, any money. Oliver Harris is squarely in the territory of the greats: Greene and le Carre but also the modern masters, Mick Herron and Adam Brookes. There can be no higher accolade' Manda Scott
How does a secret service confront its past, when its secrets must never be revealedBuried deep in MI6's digital archives is the most classified directory of all. It doesn't contain war plans or agent profiles, but shame: the misdeeds of politicians, royalty, business leaders and the service's own personnel. There are seven decades' worth of images and recordings, usually acquired for the sake of assessing risk, sometimes as a guard against betrayal, often engineered by MI6 for their own purposes. They are the most sensitive two thousand terabytes of data in the Service's possession. When material from the archive begins appearing online, panic spreads through the Establishment like wildfire. At first, the security breach only manifests itself in apparently random events: a suicide, a disappearance, a breakdown. But when it's discovered that the individuals concerned were all contacted by the same anonymous person, a connection comes into focus. The archive has been leaked. The hunt is now of unprecedented urgency before the entire political and business systems are fatally weakened. That's when they call for Elliot Kane...Reviews
Captivating and horrifying at once, a completely plausible evocation of the putrid morass that is the British Establishment and its craven capitulation to Russian money - or indeed, any money. Oliver Harris is squarely in the territory of the greats: Greene and le Carr but also the modern masters, Mick Herron and Adam Brookes. There can be no higher accolade. * Manda Scott *
'Oliver Harris is an outstanding writer' * The Times *
One of our finest thriller writers * Evening Standard *
Oliver Harris is always pure quality * Ian Rankin *
A twisty, propulsive spy thriller * Irish times, praise for Ascension *
A stunner * Philip Pullman, praise for Ascension *
First class * Daily Telegraph, praise for Ascension *
Author Bio
Oliver Harris was born in London but now lives in South Korea. He is the author of the Nick Belsey series of crime novels, plus two novels featuring MI6 officer Elliot Kane. He teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
