KENNEDY 35 (BOX 88, Book 3)

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The third book in Charles Cummings gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar.
Waterstones Best Espionage Thriller of the Year

Sunday Times Thriller of the Month

Financial Times Thriller of the Year

The location: West Africa

The player: 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite

The target: A war criminal on the run

The objective: Kill or capture

Kites mission should be straightforward, but it soon turns into a terrifying game of cat and mouse along the beaches and backstreets of Senegal.

Now, nearly thirty years later, it seems the game isnt over.

And unless Kite can turn the tables on his pursuers, the inner workings of the secret state could be exposed

Praise for KENNEDY 35
'A bold choice of setting, which adds skilful dabs of colour to a tightly wrought tale' The Times

A compelling exploration of the consequences of realpolitik and the intermingling of the personal with the political Guardian

Cumming marshals his twin time frames expertly and illuminates an awful chapter in recent history. A first-rate spy thriller Mail on Sunday

Atmospheric and packed with threat, it thrills on every single page Daily Mail

An enthralling, haunting worktaking the spy thriller to a new level of storytelling Financial Times

A compelling depiction of the various layers of infamy involved in an appalling blot on the history of humanity Literary Review

What Readers are saying about KENNEDY 35
'I couldn't put this down a cracking read!'

'Fast-paced and tightly plotted. If you love Ian Fleming you will adore this series'

'Charles Cumming has a fantastic way of bringing espionage thrillers to life'

'Gripping, intricate, smart and suspenseful story'

'Plenty of action and a terrific plot, well told'

Reviews

'Tense and Topical' Waterstones Best Espionage Thrillers of 2023

The Rwandan genocide still casts a long shadow in this haunting, masterful work, which also asks tough questions about international justice Financial Times, Thriller of the Year

Cumming is perhaps matched only by Gerald Seymour now when it comes to recounting field operations; and in the Senegal set piece with its vivid sense of place, its echoes of le Carr and Greene he excels himself Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month

'Cummings concern for his protagonists psychological development remains the most distinctive aspect of his writing, but he also deserves kudos for his bold choice of setting, which adds skilful dabs of colour to a tightly wrought tale' The Times

A compelling exploration of the consequences of realpolitik and the intermingling of the personal with the political Guardian

Cumming marshals his twin time frames expertly and illuminates an awful chapter in recent history. A first-rate spy thriller Mail on Sunday

Atmospheric and packed with threat, it thrills on every single page Daily Mail

An enthralling, haunting worktaking the spy thriller to a new level of storytelling, one that illuminates the darkest corners of our modern world Financial Times

Compulsively readable Daily Telegraph

The unusual setting gives it real heft Sun

Educational and infuriating, this is a compelling depiction of the various layers of infamy involved in an appalling blot on the history of humanity Literary review

The action works to perfection, with thrills and suspense perfectly calibrated throughout Crime Time

Author Bio

Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He was educated at Eton and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1994 with First Class Honours in English Literature. The Observer has described him as "the best of the new generation of British spy writers who are taking over where John le Carr and Len Deighton left off". In the summer of 1995, Charles was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6. A Spy By Nature was published in the UK in 2001.