The Devil's Bargain: A pulse-pounding spy thriller from the former head of MI5
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Overview
’I wanted more’ DAVID GILMAN
One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it.
Harry Bristow: policeman, father, chauffeur, fraud.
In 1988 Harry made one mistake: he took a bribe, letting a man he knew as Igor into Britain – and he’s regretted it ever since. So when he recognises Igor many years later as his newly-elected MP, he knows he has to come clean. But the MP recognises him too – and Harry fears what he might do next.
Peter Robinson, MP: salesman, politician, bachelor, spy.
It was easy to get into Britain in 1988 as an illegal, working deep undercover, but the break-up of the Soviet Union cut Robinson off from his homeland. He’s inching closer to Britain’s levers of power – but now the one man who knows his secret has reappeared. With no way to contact Moscow, he must act fast to preserve his position and reap its rewards – at any cost.
Manon Tyler, CIA analyst, has just boarded a plane to London – with a report on Russian illegals to read.
’Intriguing and very cleverly-plotted’ ALEX GERLIS
’Races along at breakneck speed. Packed with insider information, this is not one to miss’ M. W. CRAVEN
PRAISE FOR STELLA RIMINGTON:
’Damn good’ Daily Telegraph
’A must-read for fans of contemporary spy fiction’ Publishers Weekly
’This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication, that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work’ Mail on Sunday
The new spy thriller from Stella Rimington, former head of MI5 and author of the bestselling Liz Carlyle series – for fans of le Carré, Mick Herron and Lee Child
Stella Rimington has a strong track record, with over 350k sold through TCM
Her experience as head of MI5 gives her novels an authenticity and depth both readers and press love
This is her first standalone outside her hugely popular Liz Carlyle series, and retains the strong female lead and tense espionage plotting of those books while offering an opportunity to bring in new readers
Themes of deep-seated political corruption and tensions between Russia and the West will have broad appeal to readers of authors from le Carré, Mick Herron and Charles Cumming to Lee Child and Ian Rankin
Intriguing. Rimington untangles a web of deceit with masterly skill. I wanted more of Manon Tyler
The Devil’s Bargain races along at breakneck speed. Packed with insider information, this is not one to miss
Intriguing and very cleverly-plotted
Praise for Stella Rimington:
Damn good
This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication, that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work
- Title: The Devil's Bargain: A pulse-pounding spy thriller from the former head of MI5
- Author: Stella Rimington
- Series: A Manon Tyler Thriller
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781526612908, 9781526612922, 1526612925, 1526612909
- Resource ID: LLS:9781526612908
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T11:52:49Z
Dame Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1968. During her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director General in 1992, the first woman to hold the post. She has written her autobiography and ten Liz Carlyle novels. She lives in London and Norfolk.