Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy (Penguin Modern Classics

The master at his peak’ Daily TelegraphA Russian scientist is defecting to the West, in order to realize his dreams of contacting extra-terrestrial life among the stars. But when an insubordinate British agent and a top CIA operative are sent to the Sahara desert to bring him in, things don’t go to plan. The result is a violent chase stretching across three continents, where loyalties – between spies, partners, nations and lovers – become fatally divided.’Classic, world-ranging, marvellously knowledgeable … in a word, quality’ The Times’Tightly and complicatedly plotted, so credible in detail’ Financial TimesA PATRICK ARMSTRONG NOVEL