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It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall - unconfirmed and a little scandalous - that George Smiley might almost be happy.But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Susanna, a Hungarian emigre and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But in his absence the shadows of Moscow have lengthened. Smiley will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come, and strike at the heart of his greatest enemy...Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carre.

Smiley is back at the Circus in the safest of hands RICHARD OSMANNick Harkaway's bestselling take on George Smiley is back, and this time the iconic spy is on the trail of a traitor right at the top of American intelligence It is 1965, and the Cold War has never been colder. The Circus the secret centre of British intelligence has one prize asset left in Moscow: a senior Red Army officer with access to the enemy s deepest secrets. But when a British agent is shot in Helsinki, George Smiley uncovers a Soviet operation that imperils this irreplaceable source.The trail leads Smiley not to Berlin or Vienna, but Los Angeles the most foreign place he has ever known. There, in the murky heart of US intelligence, a Communist sleeper agent a Taper Man is poised to expose Britain s operative in Moscow. To save him, Smiley must navigate an America riven with political tension, all while his spy in Leningrad, Roy Bland, risks everything in pursuit of a Russian defector who holds the final piece of the puzzle.The Taper Man, the latest novel by Sunday Times bestselling author Nick Harkaway, is a gripping return to the shadow world of John le Carr . Elegant, tense and morally intricate, it is an extraordinary and timely continuation of one of literature s greatest espionage legacies and a landmark work of modern spy fiction. Note-perfect MICK HERRON Le Carre s legacy is in good hands Smiley is back with a vengeance! IAN RANKIN

Brought to you by Penguin.A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carré''s most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick HarkawayIt is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West''s spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall – unconfirmed and a little scandalous – that George Smiley might almost be happy.But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Susanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But in his absence the shadows of Moscow have lengthened. Smiley will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come, and strike at the heart of his greatest enemy…Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway''s Karla''s Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction''s greatest writer, John le Carré.© Nick Harkaway 2024 (P)Penguin Audio 2024

From the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World - a new riveting action spy thriller, blistering gangster noir, and howling absurdist comedy: a propulsively entertaining tale about a mobster''s son and a retired secret agent who are forced to team up to save the world.All Joe Spork wants is a quiet life. He repairs clockwork and lives above his shop in a wet, unknown bit of London. The bills don''t always get paid and he''s single and has no prospects of improving his lot, but at least he''s not trying to compete with the reputation of Mathew "Tommy Gun" Spork, his infamous criminal dad.Edie Banister lives quietly and wishes she didn''t. She''s nearly ninety and remembers when she wasn''t. She''s a former superspy and now she''s... well... old. Worse yet, the things she fought to save don''t seem to exist anymore, and she''s beginning to wonder if they ever did.When Joe fixes one particularly unusual device, his life is suddenly upended. The client? Unknown. And the device? It''s a 1950s doomsday machine. And having triggered it, Joe now faces the wrath of both the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator, Edie''s old arch-nemesis. With Joe''s once-quiet world now populated with mad monks, psychopathic serial killers, scientific geniuses and threats to the future of conscious life in the universe, he realises that the only way to survive is to muster the courage to fight, help Edie complete a mission she gave up years ago, and pick up his father''s old gun...

''Nick Harkaway novels are electric'' Patrick Ness, author of A MONSTER CALLS''Cross-genre brilliance'' William Gibson, author of AGENCY''Captivating from start to finish'' The Big Issue

Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he''s called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he is surprised at first to see that the victim appears to be a rather typical techie. But on closer inspection, he finds the victim is over seven feet tall. Clearly, he is a Titan - one of this dystopian, near-future society''s genetically-altered elites.There are only a few thousand Titans worldwide, all thanks to Stefan Tonfamecasca''s discovery of the controversial T7 genetic therapy, which elevated his family to near godlike status. A dead Titan is big news . . . a murdered Titan is unimaginable. But Titans are Cal''s specialty. In fact, his ex-girlfriend, Athena, is a Titan. And not just any Titan - she''s Stefan''s daughter, heir to the Tonfamecasca empire.As Cal digs deeper into the murder investigation, it soon becomes clear he''s on the trail of a crime whose roots run deep into the dark heart of the world. Titanium Noir is a tightly woven, intricate tale of murder, betrayal, and vengeance.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Karla''s Choice, comes a thrilling new detective novel.On the shore of a rundown holiday town, a young woman washes up dead. Martha Erskine, the matriarch of a local dynasty, suspects a member of her own family might be involved in the murder, and calls in Cal to investigate.Cal Sounder is a detective first and a Titan second, but it''s not easy to make that work. It''s hard to be an ordinary guy when you''re fundamentally not ordinary anymore. Cal has recently taken a dose of T7, a rare drug that is usually the preserve of the rich, making its users - called the Titans - younger and bigger each time they take it, so that as they age the bodies of the ultra-wealthy become as immense as their bank accounts.As Cal digs into the crime, he finds this forgotten town is simmering with wage disputes, strikes, and political conflict, and no one is quite who they say they are - not even the victim. As Cal second-guesses everyone he meets, he is forced to confront his own identity and ask himself who he wants to be from the far side of the mirror of power, age and greed.Sleeper Beach is a hugely original, powerful and action-packed novel from the acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway.