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Published: 27/05/2021

Crisscrossing between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the present day, Box 88 is a chilling depiction of every secret agent’s worst nightmare – when your past comes back to threaten those you love.
Waterstones Thriller of the Month for June 2021
Longlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger 2021
An organisation that doesn't exist. A spy that can't be caught.
Years ago, a spy was born...
1989: The Cold War will soon be over, but for BOX 88, a top secret spying agency, the espionage game is heating up. Lachlan Kite, recruited from an elite boarding school, is sent to France, tasked with gathering intelligence on an enigmatic Iranian businessman implicated in the Lockerbie bombing. But what Kite uncovers is more terrifying than anyone expected...
Now he faces the deadliest decision of his life...
2020: MI5 hear rumours of BOX 88's existence and go after Kite - but Iranian intelligence have got to him first. Taken captive and brutally tortured, Kite has a choice: reveal the truth about what happened in France thirty years earlier - or watch his family die.
In a battle unlike anything he has faced before, Kite must use all his skills to stay alive.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008200398
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 470 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 39 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Box 88 is a wonderful spy novel; Charles Cumming's most ambitious - and his best - yet' - Mick Herron, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Jackson Lamb series
'Great work from Charles Cumming with a multi-layered plotline and an engaging hero' - James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad
'A layered and seamlessly constructed story with all the hallmarks of the finest spy thriller, Box 88 is a fascinating window into the dark and occasionally alluring world of espionage, combining insider knowledge, effortlessly drawn settings and characters that leap off the page' - Charlotte Philby, acclaimed author of A Double Life and Part of the Family
'An enviably sharp-eyed and satisfying read. Great!' - Henry Porter, author of Firefly and White Hot Silence
'A fast-paced story that moves seamlessly between the glamour of the South of France in the late eighties and present day London. A fantastic series lead with fascinating characters and an intriguing look at recent, tragic history' - Holly Watt, award-winning author of To the Lions
'Utterly gripping. A great new spy hero is born' - Amanda Craig, author of The Golden Rule
Praise for Charles Cumming:
'The most brilliant thriller' - Sunday Times
'Recommended. I read it in one breathless sitting' - Ian Rankin
'Charles Cumming gets better with each book ' - The Times
'Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel' - Ben Macintyre, bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor
'Plunges a novelist into a deliciously twisty imbroglio in Morocco; it's Cumming at his most relaxed and engaging' - Telegraph, Books of the Year
'Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming' - Anthony Horowitz
'A real page-turner' - Peter Robinson, Daily Mail
'Rich in twists and cloak-and-dagger action ... typically accomplished and enthralling' - Sunday Times
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