Carte Blanche
Jeffery Deaver
A James Bond thriller set in the present day finds the iconic British spy engaging a horrific modern villain in a cat-and-mouse chase that takes him from the Balkans and London to the African Continent.
Read Time: ~6.7 hr
The dying light
by Henry Porter (2009)
About this book
At his funeral the bells of the church were rung open rather than half-muffled, as is usual for the dead. Kate Lockhart has come with corporate leaders, ministers and intelligence chiefs to a beautiful town in the Welsh Marches to mourn her soul mate, David Eyam, the brightest government servant of his generation.
Setting / LocationLondon & UK
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe dying light Lead Character
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