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Illegal Action

Liz Carlyle, Book 3

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Illegal Action

By: Stella Rimington
Narrated by: Amy Noble
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Illegal Action is the third thriller from the former head of MI5 and bestselling author Stella Rimington, featuring MI5 officer Liz Carlyle.

When MI5 intelligence officer Liz Carlyle learns of a Russian government plot to kill super-rich Nikita Brunovsky – a man who openly criticizes the Putin regime from his London base – it's a race against time to track down the killer. How the man is to be silenced is unclear, but the Foreign Office dreads any kind of incident and Liz must work fast to protect him.

As she goes undercover, desperately trying to find out who in Brunovsky's retinue might betray him, Liz discovers that an 'illegal' Russian agent has arrived in London. Is this the assassin she is seeking? Under an assumed name, caught up in the high-octane world of the oligarchs, Liz soon finds herself in terrible danger...

'Readers can expect authenticity - and that is what she delivers.' The Times

©2007 Stella Rimington (P)2025 Penguin Audio
Espionage Mystery Police Procedurals Psychological Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths England Russia

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Perhaps it was the narration (the tone and intonation used by the reader often left me feeling like I was listening to a Jackanory), but I just couldn’t get into this book. I’ll try again some time, but this was disappointing first run through.

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