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Secret Asset

By Stella Rimington

By Stella Rimington

By Stella Rimington

By Stella Rimington

By Stella Rimington
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By Stella Rimington
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By Stella Rimington
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By Stella Rimington
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Part of Agent Liz Carlyle Series

Part of Agent Liz Carlyle Series

Part of Agent Liz Carlyle Series

Part of Agent Liz Carlyle Series

Paperback $16.00

May 06, 2008 | ISBN 9781400079827

Ebook $10.99

Jun 19, 2007 | ISBN 9780307267030

Audiobook Download $22.50

Jun 19, 2007 | 597 Minutes

Audiobook Download $14.00

Jun 19, 2007 | 274 Minutes

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    About Secret Asset

    Liz Carlyle, the quick, passionate intelligence officer of Britain’s MI5, returns to defuse a terrorist plot in this high-stakes, high-tension tale of international espionage. When it appears a “secret asset”—a sleeper spy—has infiltrated British Intelligence, the Director of Counter-Terrorism assigns Liz Carlyle to dig up the mole. The spy, possibly a former IRA operative now working with British-born Al Qaeda sympathizers, has one thing on his (or her?) mind: total devastation. With a major attack looming, Liz must trust her instincts and move fast. But this assignment is deadly, and suddenly she feels like she has wandered into a wilderness of mirrors, where nothing is what is seems and no-one can be trusted.

    About Secret Asset

    Liz Carlyle, the quick, passionate intelligence officer of Britain’s MI5, returns to defuse a terrorist plot in this high-stakes, high-tension tale of international espionage. When it appears a “secret asset”—a sleeper spy—has infiltrated British Intelligence, the Director of Counter-Terrorism assigns Liz Carlyle to dig up the mole. The spy, possibly a former IRA operative now working with British-born Al Qaeda sympathizers, has one thing on his (or her?) mind: total devastation. With a major attack looming, Liz must trust her instincts and move fast. But this assignment is deadly, and suddenly she feels like she has wandered into a wilderness of mirrors, where nothing is what is seems and no-one can be trusted.

    About Secret Asset

    With her debut novel, At Risk, Stella Rimington introduced us to Liz Carlyle–a smart, impassioned MI5 intelligence officer whose talents and ambitions are counterbalanced by an abiding awareness of her job’s moral complexities. In SECRET ASSET, we are plunged back into her high-stakes, high-tension world.

    Liz has always been particularly skilled at “assessing people,” and trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work at an Islamic bookshop. But when her boss, Charles Wetherby, suddenly takes her off the case, she’s shocked to hear why: Wetherby has received a tip-off that a mole is at work in one of the branches of British Intelligence.

    As her colleagues work to avert an impending terrorist strike, Liz is charged with the momentous task of uncovering and exposing the mole before it’s too late.

    About Secret Asset

    With her debut novel, At Risk, Stella Rimington introduced us to Liz Carlyle–a smart, impassioned MI5 intelligence officer whose talents and ambitions are counterbalanced by an abiding awareness of her job’s moral complexities. In Secret Asset, we are plunged back into her high-stakes, high-tension world.
    Liz has always been particularly skilled at “assessing people,” and trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work at an Islamic bookshop. But when her boss, Charles Wetherby, suddenly takes her off the case, she’s shocked to hear why: Wetherby has received a tip-off that a mole is at work in one of the branches of British Intelligence.
    As her colleagues work to avert an impending terrorist strike, Liz is charged with the momentous task of uncovering and exposing the mole before it’s too late.

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    About Stella Rimington

    Stella Rimington joined Britain’s Security Service (MI5) in 1969. During her nearly 30-year career she worked in all the main fields of the Service’s responsibilities—counter subversion, counter espionage and counterterrorism—and successively became Director of all three branches. Appointed Director General… More about Stella Rimington

    About Stella Rimington

    Stella Rimington joined Britain’s Security Service (MI5) in 1969. During her nearly 30-year career she worked in all the main fields of the Service’s responsibilities—counter subversion, counter espionage and counterterrorism—and successively became Director of all three branches. Appointed Director General… More about Stella Rimington

    About Stella Rimington

    Stella Rimington joined Britain’s Security Service (MI5) in 1969. During her nearly 30-year career she worked in all the main fields of the Service’s responsibilities—counter subversion, counter espionage and counterterrorism—and successively became Director of all three branches. Appointed Director General… More about Stella Rimington

    About Stella Rimington

    Stella Rimington joined Britain’s Security Service (MI5) in 1969. During her nearly 30-year career she worked in all the main fields of the Service’s responsibilities—counter subversion, counter espionage and counterterrorism—and successively became Director of all three branches. Appointed Director General… More about Stella Rimington

    Product Details

    Category: Espionage Mysteries | Crime Mysteries

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    May 06, 2008 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400079827

    Category: Espionage Mysteries | Crime Mysteries

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 19, 2007 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307267030

    Category: Espionage Mysteries | Crime Mysteries | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 19, 2007 | 597 Minutes | ISBN 9781415938881

    Category: Espionage Mysteries | Crime Mysteries | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $14.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 19, 2007 | 274 Minutes | ISBN 9780739343784
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    Praise

    “Stella Rimington bids to join the ranks of such secret agent-authors as W. Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, [and] John le Carré.”—The Wall Street Journal“Welcome a new queen of the genre. . . . Stella Rimington, who was the first female director of MI-5, knows of what she writes.”—The Washington Times “Intelligent, vivid . . . [with] rich insider detail.” —The Plain Dealer “Brisk pacing and intelligent attention to detail make this thriller one of the better spy stories of recent times.” —Mystery Scene

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