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Charles Cumming

Box 88

Box 88

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An organisation that doesn't exist. A spy that can't be caught.

Years ago, a spy was born…1989: The Cold War will soon be over, but for BOX 88, a top secret spying agency, the espionage game is heating up. Lachlan Kite is sent to France to gather intelligence on the Lockerbie bombing. What he uncovers is terrifying…Now he faces the deadliest decision of his life…2020: Kite has been taken captive and brutally tortured. He now has a choice: reveal the truth about what happened in France thirty years earlier - or watch his family die.In a battle unlike anything he has faced before, Kite must use all his skills to stay alive. What people are saying about BOX 88‘A spy for the 21st century' Daily Mail, Books of the Year‘Wonderfully taut, exciting and up-to-date' Spectator, Books of the Year‘An ambitious fusion of coming-of-age novel and gripping espionage thriller' Financial Times, Books of the Year‘BOX 88 is so good. Charles Cumming is up there with the very best espionage writers' Ian Rankin‘A wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming's most ambitious - and his best - yet' Mick Herron‘Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel' Ben Macintyre‘Atmospheric and full of sharply realised characters' Sunday Times‘A clever thriller' Sun‘Intelligence, grace, and stunning verisimilitude' Gregg Hurwitz‘An engaging hero' James Swallow‘All the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller' Charlotte Philby‘Sharp-eyed and satisfying' Henry Porter‘A great new spy hero is born' Amanda Craig‘Ideal for anyone nostalgic for their first love and the whiff of Marlboro Lights' The Times

About the author

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 Carré 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.

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