White Hot Silence by Henry Porter

White Hot Silence by Henry Porter

The stunning new thriller from 'the proud carrier of the flag first unfurled by John le Carre' (LEE CHILD)

'An espionage master' CHARLES CUMMING

'Timely and terrific' MICK HERRON

On a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one of the new refugee centres funded by billionaire Denis Hisami whom she has recently married. She slows down to greet two African migrants she recognises. Too late she realises they are not her friends. This is an ambush.

She manages a desperate phone call to Hisami before her Mafia kidnappers silence her with a powerful drug. Hours later she wakes up in the pitch dark on a container ship, powering eastwards across the Mediterranean.

Anastasia has been abducted and held hostage because Hisami has explosive information that his enemies have killed for and will kill for again. But Hisami can do nothing to save his wife. His time as a commander with the Kurdish Peshmerga has caught up with him. The US authorities have seized his passport and jailed him for possible terrorist activities in the past. For all his wealth, he is powerless.

Only one man can help him. Paul Samson, former MI6 agent and a genius at tracking missing persons. He's the obvious choice. There's only one snag. Samson was, and probably still is, in love with Anastasia. If he manages to locate and save her, will it be for Hisami - or himself?

Tense, exciting and well researched, it is little wonder that Henry Porter's name is ranked with fellow espionage writers Charles Cumming, Robert Littell and John le Carre * Shotsmag *
This is Henry Porter at his bestWhite Hot Silence has all the pace and excitement of Remembrance Day and the cool, intelligent depth of Brandenburg, for me his two best novels to date * NB magazine *
Enigmatic, pacy and international * Strong Words magazine *
Henry Porter is now one of the most accomplished practitioners of the modern thriller, as White Hot Silence reminds us. Porter once again delivers an epic functioning as both picaresque adventure and a commentary on our volatile era * Crime Time *
Porter is both his own man and the proud carrier of the flag first unfurled by John le Carre more than fifty years ago. British espionage fiction is the best in the world, and Porter is part of the reason why -- Lee Child
A welcome return ... timely and terrific -- Mick Herron
An espionage master -- Charles Cumming

Henry Porter was a regular columnist for the Observer and now writes about European power and politics for The Hive website in the US. He has written several bestselling thrillers, including Brandenburg, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, A Spy's Life and Empire State, which were both nominated for the same award. He is also the author of the Paul Samson spy thrillers: Firefly, which won the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, and White Hot Silence. Henry Porter is frequently described as the heir to John le Carré. He lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9781787470804
ISBN 10	1787470806
Title	White Hot Silence
Author	Henry Porter
Series	Paul Samson Spy Thriller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2019-06-27
Number of pages	448
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