{"product_id":"dead-man-telling-tales-9781739754013","title":"Dead Man Telling Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Brierley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Safe House Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Safe House Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe master of cold war espionage fiction returns with a tale of intrigue and suspense set in post-Soviet Latvia. When wine-merchant Matt Clough learns that the father he never knew has died, he sets out to discover the truth of his father's past. What he finds is a secret that will mean great riches, or sudden death.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngland, 2001. Matt Clough is an ordinary English wine-merchant, approaching middle age with no family and no great ambition. An orphan. An ex-spy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLatvia, 2001. Krisjanis Kulbergs is far from ordinary. Ex-spy. Double agent. Master of the triple-cross. Guilty of just about every crime or sin the twentieth century had to offer. He is the unknown father of English wine-merchant Matt Clough. He is also dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Clough learns of the death of a father he never knew, he travels to Latvia to uncover the secrets of his father's life and his own inheritance. The Cold War has been over for a decade, but some men still keep secrets so great that old spies from both sides of the divide will go to any lengths to get hold of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational praise for David Brierley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTough...witty...in the best tradition of suspense fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuper skilled graft of fiction onto history...an authentic winner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnusual, exotic and tantalising.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Irish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHas the rancid strength of a distillation of the best of Le Carré and Deighton: an authentic\u003cbr\u003ewinner.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the top flight of thriller writers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Natal Mercury\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmashing action scenes...superb entertainment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEspionage in the le Carré class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrierley's style is first class, and his evocation of external bleakness...is superb.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Jerusalem Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne is definitely hooked from the first page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BBC French Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritten with all the sly cynicism of the spy world, along with some wonderful descriptions of a country coming to terms with a changing present while living with memories of a cruel history, this is Brierley's first novel in more than twenty years and an elegant reminder of what a fine writer he is.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mike Ripley's Book of the Month, Shots Crime \u0026amp; Thriller eZine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Brierley was born in Durban. He moved to Canada, then England and back to South\u003cbr\u003eAfrica all by the age of thirteen. Travel and curiosity about different countries is deep in his\u003cbr\u003enature. After Oxford University, he taught at a lycée in France followed by work in London\u003cbr\u003eadvertising agencies. Once his career as a novelist was established he moved to France. As\u003cbr\u003ewell as writing, he was a prison visitor. Together with his wife Jill he created a garden that\u003cbr\u003ewon first prize in a regional competition. Now back in England, they live near Bristol in a\u003cbr\u003esmall market town whose name - Chipping Sodbury - always raises a smile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso by David Brierley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCold War\u003cbr\u003eBlood Group O\u003cbr\u003eBig Bear, Little Bear\u003cbr\u003eShooting Star\u003cbr\u003eCzechmate\u003cbr\u003eSkorpion's Death\u003cbr\u003eSnowline\u003cbr\u003eOne Lives, One Dies\u003cbr\u003eOn Leaving a Prague Window\u003cbr\u003eThe Horizontal Woman\u003cbr\u003eThe Cloak-and-Dagger Girl\u003cbr\u003eDeath \u0026amp; Co \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShort Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo El and Back \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSafe House Books\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent British publisher of spy fiction which is reviving quality\u003cbr\u003eespionage for a new audience.","brand":"Safe House Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45547517149335,"sku":"9781739754013","price":1271.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781739754013.webp?v=1767909994","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dead-man-telling-tales-9781739754013","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}