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Yesterday's Spy
- Author
- Tom Bradby
- Narrator
- George Weightman
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 26 May 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Nothing good ever comes from a midnight phone call. For washed-up spy Harry Tower, it is the worst news at the worst possible time. His son, Sean, has gone missing in troubled Iran after writing an exposé about government corruption.
Their relationship has never recovered since Harry's wife's suicide, for which Sean holds his father responsible. And Harry, with his career on the verge of disintegration, needs to find him and put things right.
When Harry arrives in Tehran, he finds a city on the cusp of revolution. Foreign powers are jockeying for influence, money and, most importantly, oil. The CIA are conspiring to undermine the government with an impending coup, and there are dark mutterings about opium smuggling. But the reasons for Sean's disappearance may be even more sinister than Harry first suspected.
Before long, he is on the run - not only from a faceless enemy, but from his own past. Which will catch up with him first?
Yesterday's Spy is Tom Bradby at his very best, delivering a cunning espionage novel rich in intrigue and history that will keep you guessing until the final pages.
© Tom Bradbury 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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Atmospheric, informative and flawlessly plotted
The Sunday Times
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Bradby makes the complicated history and politics of the region admirably clear
Literary Review
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A cracking thriller! Totally recommended
Simon Mayo
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A superb thriller...exhilarating
Shots Magazine, Book of the Month
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Riveting...with style and energy, evocative scene-setting and strong characterisation
Financial Times
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'A fascinating and powerful thriller of the highest order'
Irish Independent
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Details
- Author
- Tom Bradby
- Narrator
- George Weightman
- Duration
- 9 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 May 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529191011
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Nothing good ever comes from a midnight phone call. For washed-up spy Harry Tower, it is the worst news at the worst possible time. His son, Sean, has gone missing in troubled Iran after writing an exposé about government corruption.Their relationship has never recovered since Harry's wife's suicide, for which Sean holds his father responsible. And Harry, with his career on the verge of disintegration, needs to find him and put things right.When Harry arrives in Tehran, he finds a city on the cusp of revolution. Foreign powers are jockeying for influence, money and, most importantly, oil. The CIA are conspiring to undermine the government with an impending coup, and there are dark mutterings about opium smuggling. But the reasons for Sean's disappearance may be even more sinister than Harry first suspected.Before long, he is on the run - not only from a faceless enemy, but from his own past. Which will catch up with him first?Yesterday's Spy is Tom Bradby at his very best, delivering a cunning espionage novel rich in intrigue and history that will keep you guessing until the final pages.© Tom Bradbury 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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