A FOREIGN COUNTRY (Thomas Kell) by Cumming, Charles - 2012

New York, New York, U.S.A. : St. Martin's Press, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. On the vacation of a lifetime in Egypt, an elderly French couple are brutally murdered. Days later, a meticulously-planned kidnapping takes place on the streets of Paris. Amelia Levene, the first female Chief of MI6, has disappeared without a trace, six weeks before she is due to take over as the most influential spy in Europe. It is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced in more than a decade. Desperate not only to find her, but to keep her disappearance a secret, Britain's top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Tossed out of the Service only months before, Kell is given one final chance to redeem himself - find Amelia Levene at any cost. The trail leads Kell to France and Tunisia, where he uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions for Britain and its allies. Only Kell stands in the way of personal and political catastrophe. Winner of the McIlvanney Prizeas Best Novel. Author of THE TRINITY SIX, A SPY BY NATURE, and TYPHOON, among others.A FOREIGN COUNTRY won the 2011 McIlvanney Prize AS Best Novel. Fine, first ediion, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust cover. [Not remainder-mared or price-clipped] BUND