The Frenchman : 'A rip-your-guts-out adrenaline ride' DAVID MCCLOSKEY - Jack Beaumont
Jack Beaumont
- Pages · 416 pages
- Publication Date · 26/02/2026
- Genre · Espionage & spy thriller
Gripping... revelatory' The Times'A thrilling roller-coaster ride of a novel...Think James Bond with a Parisian twist' Express
'Twisty and riveting ... seamlessly blends insider tradecraft and a doomsday plot' David McCloskeyTHE THRILLING INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON FROM A FORMER INTELLIGENCE AGENTTHE GAME IS ON. AND IT'S ABOUT TO GET DEADLY... Alec de Payns is an undercover agent in an elite division of France's famed intelligence service. When a routine mission goes fatally wrong, Alec is forced to confront the unthinkable: his team has been betrayed by one of their own. Tasked with investigating a covert bio-weapons facility in Pakistan, Alec must race to uncover its secrets to save the lives of his loved ones. But with a traitor in the ranks, deceit following his every move, it's not just Alec in the firing line. It's the potential destruction of Paris itself... Five-star reader raves:'WOW!''As good as it gets''Best espionage I've ever read''Best spy novel...and by someone who has been a spy!'
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