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A Spy Alone
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the 1950s, but no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found...?
2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance. But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just...stop. Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption?
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- Darren Grecian
- 06-02-24
A very good story based in current times.
Really enjoyed the story and the performance. It being set in very recent times (2022) made it very interesting for me.
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- Mr. M. Butler
- 26-06-24
Current Relevance
Liked inclusion of latest tech, range of accents from narrator and current UK political trauma
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- Catherine Prichard
- 14-01-24
Outstanding.
Authentic in every way for those who've been paying attention these past 25 years. There was nothing to dislike about it.
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- balzar
- 29-06-24
This seems interminable
I am about 2/3rds through this - will keep plodding on but really have lost interest.
All the people seem absolutely ghastly - starting with the " charismatic" Mckenzie whose voice is most unpleasant.
Hard to believe our hero Simon has been a secret agent for 20 years, he seems curiously naive.
I think part of the problem (as with most modern thrillers) is that the book is about 100 pages too long - the 39 Steps, the Spy who came in from the cold, etc. are about 250 pages. Le Carre got quite dull when he forgot his audience and real marathon books,
However, shall look out for Beaumont's next books.
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- Dorset Bob
- 31-12-23
Why do my reviews keep disappearing?
Just because this one is negative?
This book is a bit preachy and the delivery a bit too Adrian Mole Diary to work.
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- eGJ
- 31-12-23
What a spell binder!
We all know about Cold War spying and have absorbed the genre, but this is right up to date, right now and the political shenanigans make you wonder long and hard. How much is true?! The narrator reads the story well and as the whole story ramps up, you don’t want it to finish. Perhaps Simon will emerge again!
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- Hi Ho Silver
- 21-12-23
The 666th Protocol
Mischievous school boy narration, imparts this almost lampoon tale of what spies ex or otherwise are up to these days, with some call backs to the days when Le Carre/Clancy/Freemantle/Forsythe ruled the roost, which will amuse those who read their books back in the day. A fraught factionalized fillip on the state of the state?
It showcases how woke tiptoed into the now and how concepts no one from 1980/1990 ever contemplated or envisioned, but which can cripple all the institutions set up back in the year dot and what we are expected to do and think about it.
Where is George Smiley or Charlie Muffin when you need them? Personally I have long sided with Bill Hicks and his "It's just a ride" scenario.
AN ENJOYABLE TRIP
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- Phill
- 24-05-24
A great and believable story & narration
I hope there’s a sequel I really enjoyed the plot, characters and storyline delivered by a great narrator. Top marks from me
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- Patricia
- 10-06-24
Great story line
let down by difficult to believe interactions; obviously trying to pack details in narrative for those who may have no idea of the geopolitical background for this story.
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- P BENNETT
- 17-06-24
Fantastic
A brilliant, tense thriller that consistently rings horribly true. Well paced and full of twists it was great to read a thriller that exposes the hypocrisy of contemporary Britain and the power of greed
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