
A Spy Alone
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Narrated by:
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David Thorpe
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By:
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Charles Beaumont
About this listen
Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the 1950s, but no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found...?
2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance. But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just...stop. Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption?
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Narration excellent More please
Excellent
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One of the best spy books around
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Brilliant!
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Good solid intrigue
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A proper Spy story
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It mostly comes down to one glaring fact: the main character is deeply and horribly incompetent. Besides just bumbling from one disaster to another, he seems to tell everyone he meets every detail of his mission and makes so many glaring mistakes it's a wonder he survives at all. It makes sense why MI6 fired him and why his business is unsuccessful. He's sloppy in his tradecraft and PerSec, obvious to the bigger picture, and his insecurities dominate his behavior. I see there's a followup book but I think I'll politely take a step back and forget I ever read this deeply pedestrian addition to the genre. There are quite literally a hundred books or more that are better than this.
Someone's just...not good at their job
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