Charles Cumming

Icarus 17, the fourth book in the gripping Lachlan Kite thriller series, is available to pre-order now! The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organisation that operates below the radar. A spy in one of the most dangerous places on Earth… 1993: Student Lachlan Kite is sent to Russia by...

For fans of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception… Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious – with a talent for deception. When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6, he is desperate to make his mark. But life as a spy...

Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88. Icarus 17, the fourth book in the gripping Lachlan Kite thriller series, is available to pre-order now! Waterstones Best Espionage Thriller of the Year Sunday Times Thriller of the Month Financial Times Thriller of the Year The location: West Africa The player: 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite The target: A war criminal...

Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year. Selected by Sunday Times Books of the Year and The Guardian as Best Thriller of the Year. Perfect for fans of John le Carré, a gripping and suspenseful spy thriller from ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday) Six weeks before she is...

‘Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ ‘Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel’ BEN MACINTYRE 'The rightful inheritor of John le Carré's crown' OBSERVER A new thriller set in the ingenious world of Box 88, the covert intelligence service operating without government oversight. A YOUNG COUPLE ON THE RUN Max Radinsky thought he...

An organisation that doesn't exist.A spy that can't be caught. Years ago, a spy was born… 1989: The Cold War will soon be over, but for BOX 88, a top-secret spying agency, the espionage game is heating up. Lachlan Kite is sent to France to gather intelligence on the Lockerbie bombing. What he uncovers is terrifying… Now he faces the...