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    The Accidental Agent
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    The Accidental Agent
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    The Accidental Agent

    Written by Alan Judd

    Narrated by Sean Barrett

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    'Plotting in the best le Carré tradition' Mail on Sunday
    From the author of Legacy, now a major BBC Film, and The Kaiser's Last Kiss comes a brilliant new novel for fans of John le Carre and Charles Cumming

    Brexit looms and Charles Thoroughgood, Chief of MI6, is forbidden for political reasons from spying on the EU.  But when an EU official volunteers the EU’s negotiating bottom lines to one of his officers, Charles has to report it.  

    Whitehall is eager for more but as the case develops Charles realises that it may not be quite what it appears.  At the same time, he finds he has a family connection with a possible terrorist whom MI5 want checked out.  In both cases, Charles is forced to become his own agent, seeking what he really does not want to find.
     
    Authoritative and packed with in-depth knowledge, Accidental Agent is a gripping new spy thriller from a master of the genre.

    ‘Judd infuses his writing with insider knowledge’ New Statesman
    'Wonderful. One of the best spy novels ever' Peter Hennessey on Legacy
    'Belongs to the classic tradition of spy writing' Guardian
    'Judd has an infallible grasp of intelligence' Spectator
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio UK
    Release dateMar 28, 2019
    ISBN9781471152313
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    The Accidental Agent
    Author

    Alan Judd

    Alan Judd is the author of eleven novels and two biographies. He previously served as a soldier in the British army and as a diplomat in the Foreign Office. Judd is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has won numerous awards including the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Heinemann Award. He currently writes for The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He lives in Sussex with his family.

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      A clever piece of work. Judd excels at recreating what I suppose to be the political deliberations and machinations that are the lifeblood of Whitehall. However if you’re looking for cliff-edge tension this is not for you - and the denouement was a bit rushed and not entirely convincing. I will definitely read more of Judy’s work.