The Man Between

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Recommended. I read it one breathless sitting Ian Rankin

A gripping new standalone spy thriller, recalling the classic film Casablanca, from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year and the master of the modern spy thriller (Mail on Sunday).
A SIMPLE TASK
Successful novelist Kit Carradine has grown restless. So when British Intelligence invites him to enter the secret world of espionage, he willingly takes a leap into the unknown.

A GLOBAL THREAT
Kit finds himself in Morocco on the trail of Lara Bartok a leading figure in Resurrection, a revolutionary movement whose brutal attacks on right-wing politicians have spread violence throughout the West.

A DANGEROUS TARGET
Drawn to Lara, but caught between competing intelligence services who want her dead, Kit faces an awful choice: abandon her to her fate or risk everything trying to save her.

An instant classic of the genre Mick Herron

The Man Between is up there with the best full of thrills, wit and fine writing Peter Robinson

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The most brilliant thriller Sunday Times

Recommended. I read it one breathless sitting Ian Rankin

Charles Cumming gets better with each book The Times

Plunges a novelist into a deliciously twisty imbroglio in Morocco; its Cumming at his most relaxed and engaging Telegraph, Books of the Year

An instant classic of the spy genre Mick Herron

Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming Anthony Horowitz

A real page-turner Peter Robinson, Daily Mail

Rich in twists and cloak-and-dagger action typically accomplished and enthralling Sunday Times

Credibly obsessed and convincingly foolish, Carradine is an interesting character in a pleasingly original spy story Literary Review

Lift the lid off Cumming's novel The Man Between and breathe in an exotic tagine stew, redolent of murderous international conspiracy, assassination, kidnapping, and a beautiful dangerous woman, set against the colourful matchstick mosaic of Marrakesh. Another Cumming triumph Jason Matthews

Charles Cummings The Man Between continues the authors steady upwards trajectory; he will soon be snapping at the heels of such masters as John le Carr and Gerald Seymour Guardian

I have been a fan of Charles Cumming ever since A Spy by Nature, and The Man Between is up there with the best full of thrills, wit and fine writing, with a plot and themes that might have been taken from todays headlines. Writer/spy Kit Carradine is a thoroughly engaging protagonist, and I look forward to meeting him again. Superb espionage fiction Peter Robinson

Praise for A Divided Spy:

A gripping psychological clash of wills, tactics and morals Kells third appearance confirms him as one of the most interesting and sympathetic characters in the spy thriller field The Times

The spies shifting psychological duel is riveting deftly coupled with a topical subplot Sunday Times

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.