The Moscow Sleepers by Stella Rimington

The Moscow Sleepers by Stella Rimington

For fans of Homeland and The Night Manager, the latest thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling espionage series sees Liz Carlyle investigating a sinister Russian plot.

A Russian immigrant lies dying in a hospice in upstate Vermont. When a stranger visits, claiming to be a childhood friend, the FBI is alerted and news quickly travels to MI5 in London.

Liz Carlyle and her colleague Peggy Kinsolving are already knee-deep in conspiracies, and as they unravel the events that landed the man in the hospital, Liz learns of a network of Russians and their plot to undermine the German government. Liz and Peggy set out to locate and stop this insidious network, traveling the world from Montreal to Moscow.

The latest expertly plotted thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling series, The Moscow Sleepers is a white-knuckle ride through the dark underbelly of international intelligence, simmering political animosities, and global espionage.

In 1968, Dame Stella Rimington became a member of the Security Service (MI5). She worked in the Service's key fields of counter-subversion, counter-espionage, and counter-terrorism throughout her career. She became the first woman to hold the position of Director General in 1992. She has written nine Liz Carlyle novels, including Close Call and The Geneva Trap, as well as her autobiography, Open Secret. She splits her time between London and Norfolk.