Double Agent: From the bestselling author of Secret Service

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The author may have insights but not to bring clarity just enjoyments - if he had the truth an unknown hand would have to silence him, then who’d read the News. But when he offers her conclusive evidence that the British Prime Minister is a live agent working for Moscow, Kate's holiday quickly becomes the start of her next mission. I occasionally lost the plot (in more ways that one) but I still thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to Book 3. Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for the opportunity to read another fantastic ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

This is not a shoot them up, jump of buildings type thriller, it has strong characterisations and a glimpse of politics within both Government and the intelligence agency. Kate Henderson, employed by British intelligence, is kidnapped by a potential Russian defector whilst on holiday in Venice. The second in the series with Kate Henderson as a senior MI6 intelligence officer in Secret Service. In his first year in the job he was named Network Presenter of the Year by the Royal Television Society.Thanks to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. She arranges a weekend in Venice, which also allows them to meet up with their father, who was previously outed as a Russian spy, and now lives a dull life in Moscow. We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006). We learn about Kate’s possibly stalling career and Leo’s plan to apply to acting schools against his mother’s wishes. This would have been an absurd storyline in the context of the immediate zeitgeist of post-Soviet Russia.

If you're considering reading "Double Agent", take into consideration that this is a second book, "Secret Service" being the first, and you'll have to read the first one as the plot of "Double Agent" continues directly from the first- otherwise, it'll be vert difficult to understand the plot or get into the swing of things. Kate is a terrific protagonist and her personal journey is as revealing and worth sharing as the action adventure the overall plot and story brings. As I want to tread carefully with respect to spoilers for ‘Secret Service’, I will be vague about the plot for ‘Double Agent’. MI5 officer Kate Henderson and her team had to investigate in a storm of politics and hidden agendas along with the possibility that one of her own team was also a spy.For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. The atmosphere of the novel, set mostly on this wild Greek island, echoes strongly the classical tragedies of Greece.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. Bradby's narrative is easy to follow, flowing ever so well, and his descriptions of places, emotions, action, thought processes- is done wonderfully. There again begins an operation to determine the veracity of this and we get more office and political manoeuvring, Kate putting herself in danger again and so on. He adapted his first novel, Shadow Dancer, into a film, the script for which was nominated for Screenplay of the Year in the Evening Standard Film Awards.

As with Secret Service, Bradby excels in his portrayal of the interplay of personal and professional relationships in the secret service, reminding me of Len Deighton’s Bernard Samson novels.