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A Spy in the Blood

For fans of Slow Horses and Damascus Station, a gripping espionage thriller

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A Spy in the Blood

By: Paul Warner
Narrated by: Selva Rasalingam
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Mark Wolfe was the greatest spy of his generation. Now he's been put out to pasture.

Gone are the days of dead-drops beneath railway station clocks in foreign lands that no longer exist - of dry-cleaning, double agents and triple crosses. Now Mark's stuck behind a desk in Vauxhall Cross in charge of recruiting the next wave of spooks, his only excitement fending off advances from deep-pocketed private security companies.

Yet his discontent is just another secret to add to the pile. As far as his wife and children are concerned, Mark is a quiet, affable civil servant who has no idea how to use the TV remote.

So when he discovers his daughter, Jody, has an unhealthy obsession with joining MI6, Mark is caught off guard. The Service is keeping her recruitment a secret from him - but why?

Then Jody disappears during a mission. And with MI6 washing their hands of her, Mark is thrust back into a terrifying new world of modern espionage. Espionage Genre Fiction Military Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense War & Military Exciting
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Great title overall. The story of Jody Wolfe told through the eyes of her intelligence father. Keeps you grounded in the world of espionage with an unexpected outcome! Highly recommend.

Intense spy thriller

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This was a most excellent listen. You will not be disappointed.A most Realistic spy story.

Amazing story

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This book was devoured by me in less than two days. The first half rumbles along and the tension builds when a sixty something ex spy sets off to find his daughter in war torn Afghanistan. The picture painted of that sad but beautiful country, brings this book to life. A great listen.

Great exciting listen

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reading awful, lots long pauses, almost unlistenable. story potentially clever but too many really silly bits, and nuclear stolen weapons in cavex just too silly.

terrible reader, silly plot

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I might have been better reading the book rather than listening to it . Had to listen at 1.2 speed because of all the pauses by the narrator

The first half I found plausible the second half of the book , frankly incredulous, another review has given the plot away so I won’t.

What I would say is that it’s a lot easier to write about MI5, where the action is set in the UK, à la Mick Heron , than it is to write about MI6, where foreign countries need describing. The second half of the book could have been set anywhere so little description of Afghanistan was included.

Rather far fetched , and the twist in the tail is that there isn’t a twist in the tail, the truth of the story being set out in part 1

Don’t think I’ll be giving the next in the series a try,

Tails off dramatically

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