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Secret Service
- Narrated by: Juliet Aubrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Secret Service, by Tom Bradby.
To those who don’t really know her, Kate Henderson’s life must seem perfectly ordinary. But she is in fact a senior MI6 officer, who right now is nursing the political equivalent of a nuclear bomb.
Kate’s most recent mission has yielded the startling intelligence that the British Prime Minister has cancer - and that one of the leading candidates to replace him may be a Russian agent of influence.
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- Sararara
- 02-06-19
Real life-ish
Robert Peston is reporting from outside Downing St, dirt is being dished on candidates for the top job, and Russia is the Big Bad, meddling in national elections.
Luckily there is no Brexit angle as too much reality would spoil a good yarn. There is quite a lot of political blah blah but that is far less interesting than all the spies and moles and murders.
Good narration and a nicely paced thriller, balanced by quite relatable domestic juggling.
It is an enjoyable listen with plenty of red herrings and suspicious folk but the denouement is a bit flat and does not really explain how and why certain incidents took place.
24 people found this helpful
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- Heisenberg
- 15-06-19
Superior political thriller
I purchased this after hearing the author talking about it on the radio and being intrigued by the plot that was described. I wasn't disappointed and listened to the whole thing over two days. Great story, and I thought the narrator was excellent.
7 people found this helpful
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- Philip
- 22-02-20
Brilliant - can't wait for the next book.
Credible, taught thriller. Good Story and well read. I'd compare the author's ability from this book to Stella Rimington.
6 people found this helpful
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- Schnauzer Mom
- 23-07-19
Modern Len Deighton
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Reminded me of Len Deighton’s Game, Set & Match trilogy with a present day plot. Great narrator. If you like spy thrillers this is a good choice.
6 people found this helpful
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- Lynda Taylor
- 15-07-19
BRILLIANT!!!
loved this book found myself another great author to look out for. now going to look for another of his masterpieces.
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- Chris Pearce-Ramwell
- 29-02-20
Twists and turns gripping from start to end
Really looking forward to the next book as this one held my attention and interest from start to all too soon finish.
Wonderful narration too.
5 people found this helpful
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- Sue Bayliss
- 28-02-20
Enjoyable listen
I always like a good spy story and I enjoyed this one. I liked the main character and the story moved along at a good pace. The performance was good.
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- Stuart
- 19-06-19
Refreshingly close to the mark...
Great technical perspective and accuracy, current, thought-provoking and refreshingly different from other, run-of-the-mill SIS thrillers. I trust there will be others to follow in this series...
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- J Bayly
- 28-02-20
Great story -Terrible narration
The book was really good ,maybe a bit of a predictable end -but I did enjoy it The narrator was the worst attempt at a Scottish accent I have ever heard, it grated enormously
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- David Futerman
- 09-02-20
Fab book and very well narrated. H
Held me in suspense all the way through. Well constructed and well thought out plot.
4 people found this helpful