Dame Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1968. During her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director General in 1992, the first woman to hold the post. Now the author of the bestselling Liza Carlyle series of espionage thrillers as well as two books in the Manon Tyler series, she lives in London and Norfolk.
Intriguing and very cleverly-plotted -- Alex Gerlis, author of Agent in Berlin Races along at breakneck speed. Packed with insider information, this is not one to miss -- M.W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication, that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work * Mail on Sunday *