The Old Enemy

''A timeless ripping espionage yarn''
''An up-to-the-minute political novel''
''Characters who become richer with every appearance''
Sunday Times Thriller of the Month

Heart-stopping international spy thriller from ''An espionage master'' (Charles Cumming) starring ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson for fans of Mick Herron, Lee Child and John le Carre

Ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson has been tasked with secretly guarding a gifted young woman, Zoe Freemantle. He is just beginning to tire of the job when he is attacked in the street by a freakish looking knifeman. It''s clear the target is on his back not hers. What he doesn''t know is who put it there.

At that moment, his mentor, the MI6 legend Robert Harland lies dead on a remote stretch of the Baltic coastline. Who needed to end the old spy''s life when he was, in any case, dying from a terminal illness? And what or who is Berlin Blue, the name scratched in the sketchbook b