Alec Milius

Alec Milius Reihe

Diese Serie entführt die Leser in die zwielichtige Welt der Industriespionage aus der Perspektive eines brillanten, aber ziellosen Absolventen. Nachdem er es nicht zu den Geheimdiensten schafft, gerät er in die gefährliche Welt der Wirtschaftsspionage für ein großes Ölunternehmen. Er navigiert durch eine tückische Landschaft voller Geheimnisse, Lügen und Manipulation, in der brisante Informationen einen potenziell tödlichen Preis haben. Es ist eine packende Erkundung der moralisch ambivalenten Schnittstelle von globalem Geschäft und verdeckten Operationen.

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A Spy by Nature

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For fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception... Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious - with a talent for deception. When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6, he is desperate to make his mark. But life as a spy begins to take a terrible toll on himself and those around him, and soon Alec is chasing not just success but survival. Forced to work alone, he spins a web of deceit that traps him centre stage in a game of global espionage. In this new job, the difference between truth and a lie can be a matter of life and death. And for Alec, it's getting harder to tell them apart... A Spy By Nature is the bestselling novel with which Charles Cumming announced his arrival as heir apparent to masters like John le Carré and Len Deighton; compellingly told, utterly authentic and heart-racingly intense, it will grip you till the very last page.

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The Spanish game

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Abandoned by MI6 after a disastrous operation, Milius has slowly rebuilt his life in Madrid. But he still has fatal weakness for deception and secrets, and it's an urge he is about to scratch when a prominent Spanish politician disappears in suspicious circumstances.

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