'Compelling... Charles Gumming is a man put on this earth to perpetuate the spy thriller'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

Mark and Benjamin Keen have not seen their father, Christopher, for more than twenty years. He is only just beginning to enlighten them about his life as a master spy when he is murdered in cold blood by an unidentified assassin. Is his death connected to his MI6 past? Had he uncovered a dangerous conspiracy involving his eldest son? And what were Christopher's links to Moscow, Afghanistan
and the Russian mafia in London? To discover the truth - and avenge their father's death - the brothers are drawn into the legacy of his life as a spy.

AND INHERITANCE CAN BE DEADLY ...

'Like watching sharks being fed. Disquieting, brutal, riveting...
Cumming's depiction of contemporary intelligence work makes it sound even shabbier than Le Carre's, but his account rings painfully true. I hardly dared put the book down. Anything might happen while you're looking the other way'
LITERARY REVIEW

Always intriguing... confirms that he is a talent to watch out for'
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