Author(s): Cumming, Charles,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 29/03/2012,
Pagination: 464 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Harper,
Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,
Book Classification: Espionage & spy thriller
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780007416912
Description: 

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 begins to take a terrible toll on himself and those around him, and soon Alec is chasing not just success but survival. Forced to work alone, he spins a web of deceit that traps him centre stage in a game of global espionage. In this new job, the difference between truth and a lie can be a matter of life and death.

And for Alec, it's getting harder to tell them apart...

A Spy By Nature is the bestselling novel with which Charles Cumming announced his arrival as heir apparent to masters like John le Carre and Len Deighton; compellingly told, utterly authentic and heart-racingly intense, it will grip you till the very last page.