Box 88

An organisation that doesn’t exist.A spy that can’t be caught.1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall is imminent and the Cold War will soon be over. But for BOX 88, a top secret spying agency known only to an inner circle of MI6 and CIA operatives, the espionage game is heating up.Lachlan Kite, recruited straight from an elite boarding school, is sent to France – the frontline of a new secret war. Kite is tasked with gathering intelligence on a mysterious Iranian businessman implicated in the tragic Lockerbie bombing. But what he uncovers is even more deadly…2020: MI5 hear rumours of BOX 88’s existence and go after Kite – only for Iranian intelligence to get to him first. Taken captive and subjected to torture, Kite is presented with a simple choice: reveal the truth about what happened in France thirty years earlier – or watch his family die.Past and present merge, as MI5 and BOX 88 are caught up in a race against time to save Kite.

Reviews of Box 88

Praise for Charles Cumming:'The most brilliant thriller' Sunday Times'Recommended. I read it in one breathless sitting' Ian Rankin'Charles Cumming gets better with each book ' The Times'Plunges a novelist into a deliciously twisty imbroglio in Morocco; it's Cumming at his most relaxed and engaging' Telegraph, Books of the Year'An instant classic of the spy genre' Mick Herron'Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming' Anthony Horowitz'A real page-turner' Peter Robinson, Daily Mail'Rich in twists and cloak-and-dagger action … typically accomplished and enthralling' Sunday Times'Credibly obsessed and convincingly foolish, Carradine is an interesting character in a pleasingly original spy story' Literary Review'Lift the lid off Cumming's novel The Man Between and breathe in an exotic tagine stew, redolent of murderous international conspiracy, assassination, kidnapping, and a beautiful dangerous woman, set against the colourful matchstick mosaic of Marrakesh. Another Cumming triumph' Jason Matthews'Charles Cumming's The Man Between continues the author's steady upwards trajectory; he will soon be snapping at the heels of such masters as John le Carre and Gerald Seymour' Guardian'I have been a fan of Charles Cumming ever since A Spy by Nature, and The Man Between is up there with the best – full of thrills, wit and fine writing, with a plot and themes that might have been taken from today's headlines. Writer/spy Kit Carradine is a thoroughly engaging protagonist, and I look forward to meeting him again. Superb espionage fiction' Peter Robinson