James Wolff crée des thrillers d'espionnage intelligents et complexes qui plongent dans le monde intrigué de l'espionnage. Son travail se caractérise par une prose magistrale et une perspective unique qui captive les lecteurs. Les récits de Wolff offrent un mélange captivant de profondeur intellectuelle et d'intrigue pleine de suspense. Les amateurs de thrillers sophistiqués trouveront sa narration particulièrement attrayante.
Disgraced British spy August Drummond is on his way to Istanbul when he sees a passenger throw away directions to a cemetery just before being arrested. August can't resist the temptation to go in his place. But when he is confronted by a terrifying figure from Islamic State, he realizes he's about to face the greatest challenge of his career.
Leonard Flood, a British spy is ordered to investigate the attempted poisoning of a retired vetting officer named Willa Karlsson. After a series of recent security breaches British intelligence is terrified by the possibility that she was in fact a Russian agent, and that Moscow poisoned her upon her retirement since she was no longer useful to them. When Leonard discovers that Willa's story is not one of betrayal and treachery but one of friendship and a deeply ethical sense of duty, he is faced with a stark choice: does he hand her in to her masters, or does he help her escape to a new life?