Spy Line

by Len Deighton, James Lailey (Read by)

Overview

Bernard Samson is a spy on the run, forced to abandon his life and job and plunge into hiding. But in the murky, dangerous streets of Berlin, he knows where to hide. Wanted for an act of treachery he has not committed, he must not only escape the grasp of London Central, but get to the bottom of a tangled conspiracy that is about to change everything. In the thrilling penultimate installment of the Hook, Line, Sinker trilogy, Bernard's personal and professional life collide with devastating consequences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798874694104
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	07/02/2024
Series:	Bernard Samson , #5
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Len Deighton was born in London. He served in the Royal Air Force, attached to the Special Investigation Branch. He then attended art school and later worked as an illustrator and photographer. In 1960 he went to France, where he wrote his first book, The Ipcress File, which became an immediate and spectacular success. Since then he has published numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, all garnering international acclaim.

James Lailey is an actor, known for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Henry V, The Driving Seat, and Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet.

Editorial Reviews

Deighton's novels Berlin Game , Mexico Set and London Match initiated the stories about British secret agent Bernard Samson, whose wife Fiona has defected to the U.S.S.R. As narrated by Samson, the three tales are intensely exciting, a quality that continued at high pitch in Spy Hook , the first volume in the new trilogy. This is the second, opening with Samson in Berlin, a fugitive from England where the intelligence service accused him of spying for the Soviets. With the CIA and KGB also menacing him, Samson is suddenly cleared of the charge of treason and returned to London and to warm welcomes from colleagues, his lover Gloria and his children. The situation changes, however, when he's sent on a ``simple'' mission to Vienna and a deep-cover meeting with Fiona. In the resulting events, the loyal agent's safety becomes even more tenuous than it was during his darkest days in Berlin. Maintaining unrelenting tension and chronicling an escalation of intrigue and violent death, the new thriller will make readers eager for the answers in the next. 200,000 first printing; BOMC selection. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

‘Spy Line is vigorous and sleazy, psychologically complex and action-packed. It is always exciting’
Daily Mail

‘This is vintage Deighton’
Sunday Times

‘For sheer readability he has no peer’
The Standard

‘No one can evoke the city of Berlin better than Deighton’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Deighton’s grip on the tensions of espionage grows ever tighter’ Mail on Sunday

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