Spy's Honour
by Gavin Lyall
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Pub Date Feb 22 2018 | Archive Date Apr 05 2018
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Description
“When I was younger,” the Brigadier mused, “it seemed to me that we had the best Secret Service in the world. It never got mentioned in the newspapers … Only later did I realise that this was because we had no Secret Service at all.”
The year is 1912, and as political animosity rises and wars in South Africa and Greece rage, the dominoes of Europe feel ready to topple. The British Secret Service is beginning to form, and Captain Ranklin, a former Major, is lured into the world of reconnaissance after a demotion. Averse to the concept of espionage, Ranklin reluctantly joins the new Secret Service Bureau; exclusive, elite, but bound to secrecy and subterfuge.
Paired with the rugged and morally dubious Conall O’Gilroy, Ranklin soon finds himself in over his head. A routine mission to apprehend a gold smuggler turns sour and the two are set on the trail of a notorious Irish anarchist. In pursuit, they uncover a plot that threatens to shatter the precarious state of peace in Europe, taking them to Germany, via France ,and finally to Hungary in the summer of 1914.
Spy’s Honour was first published in 1993.
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Advance Praise
‘A splendidly entertaining mix of early Ambler with a dash of Bulldog Drummond escapism, and are clearly the work of a writer enjoying himself.’ – The Guardian
‘A splendidly entertaining mix of early Ambler with a dash of Bulldog Drummond escapism, and are clearly the work of a writer enjoying himself.’ – The Guardian
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781912194513 |
| PRICE | £3.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Andrew E, Reviewer
Lyall is a master. Right up there with Deighton and LeCarre. And Spy’s Honour , one of his Series of novels amp out spies and spy services in Europe at and around WW1 is his magnum opus. Historically informed, well paced and written and plain interesting g, I can’t recommend it highly enough. Read them all.
