Charles Cumming is being hailed as one of the finest writers in modern day espionage fiction. His plots are tight, moves the story on at pace and is packed with delicious details as to how real spies work. Bos 88 is no exception. It’s a book that is bound to please lovers of John le Carre and Ken Follett.
The year is 1989 and the Cold War is drawing to a close. Scot Lachlan Kite, a fresh face from a top boarding school (clearly Eton), is recruited by Box 88, a joint MI6/CIA agency operating in the shadows and known only to a few at the very top of both agencies. Assigned to France, he cuts his teeth spying on an Iranian businessman with links to the deadly Lockerbie bombing.
But when a friend from his old school dies of an overdose, Lockie receives word that he has been captured by Iranian agents. The torture that follows will force him to confront the past that he would rather forget and re-examine a career that has pushed the boundaries of morality.
As a member of an elite black ops Bos88 unit that is only known to a few at the very top of the better-known intelligence agencies, he is the perfect target and it soon becomes a race against time to get him back. In the end, he will be forced to revisit his dark past, reopen old wounds and reconnect with people that he has tried to leave behind if he is to save himself and those closest to him.
As his name comes up in a number of interrogations and as his life is threatened, Lockie must play it cool, convince his captors that they have him completely wrong and not reveal any secrets about the very secretive organisation he works for. But all is not as it seems and the truth could have devastating consequences for those he cares about most.
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