Frank Carlson Library

"March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. The French authorities soon request Sidney's help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treason -- shortly before she is assassinated. And Verity, too, is called to investigate a mystery . . . The murder of a Belgian lawyer aboard a train seems at first to be a simple case of revenge....

London, 2018. years as an agent runner over, Nat is put in charge of the Haven, and its ragtag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie. When he meets Ed at a badminton game, the solitary young man ensnares Nat in the political turbulence that lead down a dangerous path. -- adapted from jacket

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite--"a spy for the 21st century" (Daily Mail)--reckons with the fallout from a mission in Senegal carried out early in his career. 1995: In the wake of the Rwandan genocide, 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite and his girlfriend, Martha Raine, are sent to Senegal on the trail of a hunted war criminal. The mission threatens to spiral out of control, forcing Kite to make choices which will have devastating consequences not only for...