The Hidden Man

by Charles Cumming

Book Overview

Christopher Keen, once a master spy, is murdered in cold blood. His sons Mark and Benjamin, though they hadn't seen their father for over twenty years, are now drawn into the legacy of his life as a spy as they set out to discover the truth and avenge their father's death.

But as their search proceeds, more questions arise--is Christopher's death connected to his past life in MI6? Was his eldest son involved in a conspiracy that links him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312366388
• ISBN13: 9780312366384
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Finest espionage novel ever?

Charles Cumming's "The Hidden Man" is certainly the finest espionage novel I've read. While I love the works of Littell, Deighton, Greene, McCarry, Ignatius and Le Carre, as well as Cumming's own "A Spy By Nature," "The Hidden Man" is unique in how effectively it deals with the effects of cold war espionage on very ordinary people. The main characters in Cumming's novel are not spies, ambassadors or diplomats, but a businessman and an artist. Nor does Cumming succumb to having them turn into James Bond. History simply reaches into their lives, and unravels them. Even one is not interested in that particular theme, one will be treated to a fast, engrossing drama. By page fifty, Cumming has amassed so much intruiging plot with remarkably little prose.