Charles Cumming

Charles Cumming is a British spy novelist whose thrillers have been compared to the masters of the espionage genre, from John le Carré to Graham Greene. Born in 1971, he studied English at the University of Edinburgh and was himself approached by MI6 during his time at university — an experience that informs the authenticity of his fiction. Cumming's novels include A Spy by Nature, The Spanish Game, Typhoon, The Trinity Six, and the Thomas Kell trilogy. BOX 88 launches a new series about a secret Anglo-American intelligence agency whose origins stretch back to the Cold War. His fiction is characterised by its authentic tradecraft, its morally complex characters, and its ability to weave real-world geopolitics into compelling thriller narratives. He has been called 'the best spy novelist of his generation' and his work has been praised by le Carré himself. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers espionage fiction of the highest calibre — intelligent, authentic thrillers that capture the moral ambiguity and human cost of the intelligence world.