Thomas Kell

Six weeks before she is due to become the first female head of MI6, Amelia Levene disappears without a trace. Disgraced ex-agent Thomas Kell is brought in with orders to find her – quickly and quietly. Tracking her through France and North Africa, Kell embarks on a dangerous voyage, shadowed by foreign intelligence services. This far from home soil, the rules of the game are entirely different – and the consequences worse than anyone imagines…

Arriving in Istanbul to investigate a mysterious plane crash, Thomas Kell discovers that MI6 operations in the region have been fatally compromised. Kell’s search for the mole takes him from London, to Greece, and into Eastern Europe. He will do anything to see this operation through – including putting himself, and others, in the line of fire…

Thomas Kell, former MI6 officer, devoted his life to the service, but was left with nothing except grief and a simmering anger against the Kremlin. Then Kell is offered an unexpected chance at revenge and embarks on a mission to recruit a top Russian spy, who is in possession of a terrifying secret... As the mission reaches boiling point, the threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack looms over Britain. Kell is faced with an impossible choice. Loyalty to MI6 – or to his own conscience?