Night Heron
Adam Brookes
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Tell them, the Night Heron is hunting . . .
A lone man escapes a labour camp in the dead of night, fleeing across the winter desert of north-west China.
Two decades earlier, he was a spy for the British. Now he finds Beijing transformed and crawling with danger - the fugitive must quickly disappear on its surveillance-blanketed streets or face death.
Desperate and ruthless, he reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via journalist Philip Mangan, offering secrets in return for his life.
Mangan is dragged into a deeper and deeper whirlpool of lies, as the secrets prove more valuable than either of them could ever have known... and not only to the British.
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Praise for Night Heron
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A classic spy thriller packed with tension and detail, brilliantly paced - Peter JamesNight Heron is a slow-burner up until its extended and surprisingly violent denouement, but it is absolutely gripping throughout . . . this is the best debut spy thriller by a British author in ages. - The TelegraphAn intriguing, skilful and taut novel...elegantly plotted and with a piercing eye for detail - Daily MailSuperior espionage - The SunReeks with verisimilitude in its settings and atmosphere . . . a cleverly plotted action-filled story - The TimesDebut of the month... accomplished... striking - The Sunday TimesThe BBC's former China correspondent joins the ranks of John le Carre and Frederick Forsyth with a laser-sharp Beijing spy thriller . . . Brookes arrives a full formed talent, with a complete mastery of the genre - Daily ExpressAn outstanding first novel - Washington Post
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