The Spy's Daughter

'Authentic, taut and compelling. Brookes is the real deal'

Charles Cumming

The stunning third novel from multi-award-nominated author Adam Brookes is paranoid, tense and spy fiction at its very finest.

Meet Pearl Tao: an American girl with a lethal secret.

Pearl longed for the life of a normal American teenager: summers at the pool, friends, backyard barbecues in the Washington DC suburbs. But she was different.

Pearl had a gift for mathematics, a college sponsorship from a secretive technology corporation, and a family riven with anger and dysfunction. And it's only now, at nineteen years old, that she has started to understand what role she is to play. What her parents intend for her.

For Pearl Tao, any hope of escape lies with two British spies: Trish Patterson, sidelined in disgrace, and Philip Mangan, blown and discredited - and following his own trail of corruption. Finding out the truth about Pearl will be the most urgent, the most dangerous mission they'll ever undertake.

'The final instalment of Brookes' Mangan trilogy secures its status as a classic'

Telegraph (50 Best Books of 2017)

'Riveting and accomplished'

Sunday Times

Long-listed for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2018 (UK)

“Brookes knows modern China, he seemingly knows the British secret service and, most importantly, he knows how to tell a good story. The splendid result is this rich, can't-put-it-down thriller. A terrific read.”

Authentic, taut and compelling. Brookes is the real deal - Charles Cumming

Brookes's expertly orchestrated novel couldn't be more topical - Sunday Times on Spy Games

A classic spy thriller packed with tension and detail, brilliantly paced - Peter James on Night Heron

A rich, can't-put-it-down thriller. A terrific read - Joseph Kanon - author of The Good German and Leaving Berlin

The best British spy novel debut in years - Daily Telegraph on Night Heron

Adam Brookes is the new Le Carre - without question this is the best modern spy novel I have ever read . . . Read this. It's perfect - Manda Scott on Spy Games

Night Heron reeks with verisimilitude . . . a cleverly plotted action-filled story of Anglo-Chinese espionage - The Times on Night Heron

Brookes arrives a full formed talent, with a complete mastery of the genre - Daily Express on Night Heron

Adam Brookes for many years a journalist and foreign correspondent for BBC News. He reported from China, Indonesia, the US and many other countries, Iraq and Afghanistan among them. His debut novel, Night Heron, was nominated for the 2014 CWA John Creasey Dagger and appeared on best of the year lists in the TLS, Kirkus and NPR; its follow-up, Spy Games was nominated for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. The Spy's Daughter is his third novel. He lives with his family in Takoma Park, Maryland.

'Authentic, taut and compelling. Brookes is the real deal' Charles Cumming The stunning third novel from multi-award-nominated author Adam Brookes is paranoid, tense and spy fiction at its very finest. Meet Pearl Tao: an American girl with a lethal secret. Pearl longed for the life of a normal American teenager: summers at the pool, friends, backyard barbecues in the Washington DC suburbs. But she was different. Pearl had a gift for mathematics, a college sponsorship from a secretive technology corporation, and a family riven with anger and dysfunction. And it's only now, at nineteen years old, that she has started to understand what role she is to play. What her parents intend for her. For Pearl Tao, any hope of escape lies with two British spies: Trish Patterson, sidelined in disgrace, and Philip Mangan, blown and discredited - and following his own trail of corruption. Finding out the truth about Pearl will be the most urgent, the most dangerous mission they'll ever undertake. 'The final instalment of Brookes' Mangan trilogy secures its status as a classic ' Telegraph (50 Best Books of 2017) 'Riveting and accomplished' Sunday Times

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