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Secret Asset
- Author
- Stella Rimington
- Narrator
- Amy Noble
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 14 August 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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From the former head of MI5 and bestselling author Stella Rimington comes the heart-stopping second novel featuring MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle.
When Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns from one of her agents that suspicious meetings are taking place at an Islamic bookshop, she trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work. Her boss, Charles Wetherby, immediately puts a surveillance operation into place. An attack seems imminent.
So Liz is surprised when Wetherby suddenly takes her off the case. And she’s shocked to hear the reason why: he has received a tip-off that a mole is at work inside British Intelligence. If true, then the potential damage to the Service itself could be immeasurable. Now, as her colleagues scramble to avert a terrorist strike, Liz must find out who the mole is, and what their intentions are, before it is too late.
© Stella Rimmington 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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A cracking good thriller
Observer
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Intelligent... Undeniably pacey
Guardian
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This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication
Mail on Sunday
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Tense and terrifying
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The Security Service background is exceedingly convincing
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First class
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Details
- Author
- Stella Rimington
- Narrator
- Amy Noble
- Duration
- 10 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529977745
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Psychological thriller, Thriller: terrorism, Espionage and secret services
Synopsis
Brought to you by PenguinFrom the former head of MI5 and bestselling author Stella Rimington comes the heart-stopping second novel featuring MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle.When Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns from one of her agents that suspicious meetings are taking place at an Islamic bookshop, she trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work. Her boss, Charles Wetherby, immediately puts a surveillance operation into place. An attack seems imminent.So Liz is surprised when Wetherby suddenly takes her off the case. And she’s shocked to hear the reason why: he has received a tip-off that a mole is at work inside British Intelligence. If true, then the potential damage to the Service itself could be immeasurable. Now, as her colleagues scramble to avert a terrorist strike, Liz must find out who the mole is, and what their intentions are, before it is too late.© Stella Rimmington 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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