A Reluctant Spy: the award-winning spy thriller ‘perfect for fans of Mick Herron’ (THE SUN)

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RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN.

”Engrossing…ingenious…Goodman combines traditional elements – the nods to Buchan, Fleming and le Carré – with the topicality of 2020s technology and the threat from Russia” SUNDAY TIMES, THRILLERS OF THE MONTH
”A propulsive, intelligent, ripped-from-the-headlines spy novel that”s guaranteed to cost you hours of sleep. Highly recommended” DAVID McCLOSKEY
”A twisty storyline and convincing action scenes make this a very promising debut” FINANCIAL TIMES
”A gripping debut, perfect for fans of Mick Herron and David McCloskey” THE SUN

Jamie Tulloch is a successful exec at a top tech company, a long way from the tough upbringing that drove him to rise so far and so quickly.

But he has a secret…since the age of 23, he”s had a helping hand from the Legend Programme, a secret intelligence effort to prepare impenetrable backstories for undercover agents. Real people, living real lives, willing to hand over their identities for a few weeks in return for a helping hand with plum jobs, influence and access.

When his tap on the shoulder finally comes, it”s swiftly followed by the thud of a body. Arriving at a French airport ready to hand over his identity, Jamie finds his primary contact dead, the agent who”s supposed to step into his life AWOL and his options for escape non-existent.

Pitched into a deadly mission on hostile territory, Jamie must contend with a rogue Russian general, arms dealers, elite hackers, CIA tac-ops and the discovery of a brewing plan for war. Dangerously out of his depth, he must convince his sceptical mission handler he can do the job of a trained field agent while using his own life story as convincing cover.

Can Jamie play himself well enough to avoid being killed – and to avert a lethal global conflict?

”In the very top tier of espionage fiction” M. W. CRAVEN
”An excellent debut with terrific pace…will grip you to the end” JAMES SWALLOW
”A twisting, edge-of-your-seat tale of mercenaries, greed, corruption, and espionage” I.S. BERRY
”I was on the edge of my seat the whole time” ANTONY JOHNSTON
”A rip-roaring page-turning keep-you-up-all-night thriller” NICHOLAS BINGE, author of ASCENSION
”Smart, riveting, and eerily prescient” SUNYI DEAN, Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
”A pulse-pounding, twisting thrill-a-minute read that Slow Horses fans are going to absolutely love” ADAM SIMCOX