Matthew Richardson

A Russian defector is found brutally murdered in a London hotel. Only four people knew he had turned - the four most important and powerful figures in Whitehall. There's only one conclusion - a mole has infiltrated the highest levels of the nation's security. Operating in secret from within Westminster's darkest corners, former spy, Solomon Vine, must uncover the traitor. Because Britain's future hangs in the balance. And with it the fate of the whole world . . .

VIENNA, 1946. A brilliant German scientist spirited out of the ruins Nazi Europe in search of a new life. MOSCOW, 1964. A rising star of the British diplomatic service whose job is not what it seems.

LONDON, THE PRESENT DAY. A once promising academic offered an opportunity to seal his place in history. Their stories, their lives, and the fate of the world, are bound by a single document: THE SCARLET PAPERS. The devastating secrets contained within teased by a brief invitation: Tomorrow 11AM. Take a cab and pay in cash. Tell no one.