A Game of Deceit by Tim Glister
It’s 1967 and Richard Knox, freshly returned to active duty after a year out of the field, is ordered to uncover the invisible enemy that’s infiltrated the Service in his absence.
His quest takes him from London to Hong Kong, a city on the brink of chaos, where he discovers the lines between friend and foe have never been more blurred.
In this crackerjack Cold War thriller, MI5 faces a deadly threat, one only Richard Knox can avert. But who is behind this assault? How long have they been operating? And what is their endgame?
About the author
TIM GLISTER grew up in Newcastle and now lives in London. A former literary agent and Waterstones bookseller, he’s now a creative director working in advertising. He has worked for a range of famous brands including eighteen months at the controversial political communications agency Cambridge Analytica. His debut novel Red Corona won The People’s Book Prize. His second book A Loyal Traitor was a Times thriller of the month.
Review
‘A Game of Deceit’ a thrilling Cold War thriller that manages to intrigue the reader, whilst giving a glimpse in the psyche of political tensions at this point in history. This is the third book in the series but you could pick it up as a standalone but I do recommend reading the previous two books as I really enjoyed them.
Richard Knox has been out of action for over a year but is now back in the world of sliding allegiances, political dogmas and the everyday craziness of the Cold War. He is tasked with uncovering if there are any malicious elements working in the Service and is following a Dr Rabe, who when he realises he is being tracked, hides underground and then dies. This leads to a trail which stretches from London to New York and becomes a case in which the lines are very blurred between who is a friend or a foe.
Once again Tim has managed to create a book which has the power to surprise the reader. It's highly descriptive and subtly injects information as you read and when you work out what is happening you go of course!!! The book is full of great historical detail and it's clear Tim puts in a lot of research for these books and it pays off. They feel authentic and real because of this and is also testament to his level of writing that you accept everything as being gospel!
Highly entertaining! Let me know if you pick this one up.
