The British Agent
$42.75
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2026
Summary
A globe-trotting, torn from the headlines thriller from a CWA Steel Dagger winning author.
A veteran American spymaster weaving an elaborate web. A politician who makes a high-stakes promise he can’t keep. A clutch of sophisticated air defence missiles stolen in Ukraine. A terrorist cell with plans to commit an outrage in the US capital. And, at the centre of it all, a British agent, operating alone and undercover, on a desperate, globe-trotting mission to prevent catastrophe. She cannot fail …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241814086 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241814081 |
| Author: | Simon Conway |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 164mm x 244mm |
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Critics Review
Simon Conway is one of the very best British spy novelists to have emerged in the last 20 years * Charles Cumming, bestselling author of The Trinity Six and Box 88 *
Like being strapped to a rocket. A triumph * Mick Herron *
An engrossing, flawless fusion of globe-trotting adventure and evocative writing * Sunday Times *
One of the best thrillers of recent years * Misha Glenny *
The master of the modern thriller * i-Paper *
One of the great thriller writers of our times * Holly Watt *
A high-octane rollercoaster of a thriller . . ,. must for spy fiction fans. Conway is a master of the genre * Charlotte Philby, author of Edith and Kim *
The British Agent confirms Simon Conway as one of the most exciting writers of spy fiction and the true heir to Frederick Forsyth as the master of the torn from the headlines international thriller. Chillingly real … the depiction of the right wing militias in the US is totally convincing, deeply sinister * Tim Shipman, bestselling author of All Out War *
Conway … has devised one of the greatest villains in 21st Century spy literature * Sunday Times *
The sense of danger is deep and unsettling * Financial Times *
Simon Conway
Simon Conway is a former British Army officer and international aid worker who has cleared landmines and unexploded bombs in the aftermath of wars in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He is the author of eight critically acclaimed thrillers including the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Winner A Loyal Spy. He lives in Washington DC. The British Agent is his first novel for Penguin Michael Joseph.
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