Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14766 in Books
• Published on: 2002
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

Sunday Telegraph
'Gripping, exciting and deftly plotted...a book one would be seriously annoyed to put down.'

Mail on Sunday
'Tautly written and believable...a complex tale of code words, betrayal of frienship, bluff and counterbluff...Cumming writes it like it is.'

Literary Review
'Plotting both plausible and persuasive, with horrors which mount stealthily behind a veneer of seemingly straightforward cloak-and-dagger games. Don't miss.'

Customer Reviews

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This book gave me a reason to read spy books.
First spy author and definitely my favorite.

One of the best spy novels!
Outstanding. One of the best stories about espionage I've ever read. Beautifully written and emotionally involving. Charles Cumming is a major talent. My hat is off and he has my utmost respect. Highly recommended.

A new star in the making
I bought A Spy By Nature on a recent business trip to the States and was astonished that a young British author was writing so confidently in the style of Len Deighton and Le Carre. I thought it was all car chases and assassinations these days. Here is a new young author who, in addition to his sensitive and perceptive writing has the ability to transport the reader into his believable and often frightening world. I now look over my shoulder more often!