Charles Cumming

Guest: Author, Charles Cumming - A Spy by Nature, The Hidden Man, The Spanish Game and latest Typhoon.
For more info visit www.charlescumming.co.uk

Competition question: What is the title of the latest James Bond Book written bu Sebastian Faulks/
Correct Answer: Devil May Care
Winners: Anna and Steve

Typhoon

Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to
Chinese rule. It's a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear
the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges
from the seas off the New Territories, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the Governor
himself, a young MI6 agent, Joe Lennox, sees an opportunity to make his reputation.

But when the old man, a high-profile Chinese professor, is spirited away in the middle of the night
by Joe's superiors, in collusion with the CIA,it's clear that there's a great deal more than a young
spy's career at stake. The professor, it seems, holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plan that
could have awesome and catastrophic repercussions for China in the 21st century.

The Spanish Game

In exile. In danger. On the run. For six years, Alec Milius has been trying to escape his past, but
his past refuses to release him. Abandoned by MI6 after a disastrous operation against the CIA,
Milius has slowly rebuilt his life in Madrid: he has a flat, a job - and a relationship with the
wrong woman. Older and wiser than the young spy who first caught the eye of British Intelligence,
Milius still has a talent for deception - and a fatal weakness for secrets. So when a prominent
politician disappears in suspicious circumstances he can't resist tracking him down. But the rules
have changed. Alec is now working alone, outside the boundaries of any official agency. Paranoid
and expendable, he soon becomes vulnerable to the ruthless duplicities of a secret world in which
no one can be trusted. Yet as he comes face to face with the nightmare of modern terror, Alec is
given one last chance for redemption…

The Hidden Man

Mark and Benjamin Keen have not seen their father, Christopher, for 20 years. When he reappears,
hoping for a reconciliation, he has only just begun to shed light on his shadowy past when he is
killed by an unidentified assailant. His violent death leaves questions unanswered. Was his murder
an act of retribution? Had he been silenced for discovering a conspiracy involving Mark? Or had the
carefully constructed facade of his past simply collapsed? As the truth unfolds, his sons must face
the legacy of their father's life as a spy.

Spy by Nature

Alec Milius is a young man in a hurry. Vain, ambitious and deceitful, he's working in a dead end job
and desperate to make his mark. So when a brief conversation with a friend of his late father leads
to an interview with the Secret Intelligence Service, Alec senses his chance,investing the role with
all his hopes for the future. But as he becomes drawn into the world of industrial espionage, Alec's
life as a spy begins to exact a terrible price both on himself and on those around him.