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Title details for Secret Asset by Stella Rimington - Available

Secret Asset

A Novel

by Stella Rimington
Rosalyn Landor
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Liz Carlyle

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 19, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415938898
      • File size: 286637 KB
      • Duration: 09:57:09

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      British intelligence officer Liz Carlyle's return to duty starts off at a fast pace when she's alerted that a terrorist cell is centered around a local bookstore. As evidence of an impending attack unfolds, she's surprised to be taken off the task force and diverted to what appears to be an unrelated search for a mole at the agency. Rosalyn Landor's narration is fast-paced, even, and suspenseful. She draws out the contrast between day-to-day concerns and the high-stakes effort to gather information needed to prevent the attack. She gives away nothing of the ultimate relationships between the characters, thereby enhancing this compelling mystery. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 4, 2007
      How smart of Random House Audio to hire as a reader noted British stage and television actress Fielding, whose prowess brings to life Rimington's own stint as director of the British spy outfit called MI5. (If Remington were brought to the screen, Judi Dench would play her as she plays M in the recent James Bond movies.) With perfect British reserve, Fielding catches the hard-driving Liz Carlyle-Rimington's alter ego-without sacrificing any of Carlyle's energy or excitement. Fielding does the same cool job on all the other characters, from an Islamic bookseller nicknamed Marzipan (no jokes about him being a sweet guy: he's not) to Liz's young assistant, Peggy Kinsolving. This well-edited abridgment cleverly removes some of the book's talkier sections. The result is a perfect choice for listeners who love political thrillers but have only a limited time to enjoy them. A simultaneous release with the Knopf hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 30).

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 30, 2007
      After four months’ convalescent leave, MI5 spy Liz Carlyle, returning from her debut in Rimington’s At Risk, confers with her agent Marzipan, an Islamic bookshop clerk who has discovered a probable terror plot in the making. Soon after, Liz is charged with finding an IRA mole within the ranks of MI5. With the aid of fresh-faced co-worker Peggy Kinsolving, Liz goes about the task of ferreting out the mole, despite disappointment at being taken off the terror case, which she can’t quite let go—with, it turns out, good reason. Much is made of the authenticity of Rimington’s tradecraft (she was the first female head of MI5 in real life), and rightly so. But lots of writers get the details right, and for many readers, Rimington’s ratio of action to personal detail will seem skewed: every character, no matter how minor, gets heavily profiled, and it slows things down. Still, those interested in old school British intelligence thrillers will find much to like in the smart, enterprising Carlyle.

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