The Whispering Dead - A Cordelia Hemlock Novel
The Whispering Dead - A Cordelia Hemlock Novel
hardback
Published:
6 December, 2022
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Description
The past comes back to haunt MI6 secret agent Cordelia Hemlock in this spy thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author David Mark
"Top-level espionage fiction" - Booklist Starred Review
Cordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: They won't want you to do well. They won't ever trust you. They don't trust me and I'm one of them. She takes this as a challenge rather than a warning. She wants to protect the nation. Serve Queen and country. Who would turn down such a glorious opportunity?
Fourteen years later, Cordelia is desk-bound after finishing an undercover operation and going quietly mad with boredom. So when the call comes through on the top-secret Pandora line - so-called after the locked-box the telephone is kept in - she answers it.
It's Walt. No longer officially MI6, he still inhabits the murky world of intelligence, where information always comes with a price. He tells her he has a secret to share with her - and only her. And once she knows it, nothing will ever be the same again . . .
A follow-up to the critically acclaimed psychological thriller The Mausoleum, this is a twisty, page-turning tale of friendship and divided loyalties set against the dark, forbidding landscape of the rural Borderlands.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780727850553 |
| ISBN10 | 0727850555 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 415 g |
| Product Dimensions | 145 x 225 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Canongate Books |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Top-level espionage fiction * Booklist Starred Review *
A brisk, astute espionage thriller with a compelling moral core * Kirkus Reviews *
Espionage fans will have fun trying to separate fact from fiction * Publishers Weekly *
A fantastic achievement - dark and compelling with characters you will never forget * Award-winning author Elly Griffiths on The Whispering Dead *
Exceptional . . . Mark is writing at the top of his game * Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Mausoleum *
A mystery to savor * Kirkus Reviews Starred Review of Past Life *
A fine police procedural . . . IAN RANKIN fans will be pleased * Publishers Weekly on Past Life *
A chilling entry from a master of the dark psychological thriller * Kirkus Reviews on Suspicious Minds *
Gripping from start to finish * Booklist on Borrowed Time *
Sure to please fans of CATRIONA McPHERSON * Kirkus Reviews on The Mausoleum *