The CIA closes in on an escaped Nazi hiding out in PanamaThe CIA sends Hartman because he knows the target’s face. Hartman spent two years in Bergen-Belsen and knows camp commandant Fritz Lang’s face better than anyone. The Nazi has taken up residence in a Panamanian port, supplementing his realtor’s salary with monthly infusions from a numbered Swiss account. Despite Lang’s extensive plastic surgery, Hartman recognizes him. It’s a face he could never forget, and i...

Charlie Muffin's new job puts him in the crosshairs of a vicious American drug lordCharlie Muffin has done well since he "died." He's been on the run for years from the intelligence forces of Great Britain and the United States when an official declaration of death finally puts an end to their pursuit. Suddenly, Charlie can breathe again. He's even put a lid on his single malt whisky habit. Now all he needs is a job.He puts his espionage skills to work for a...

"Top-flight spy fiction." - Kirkus ReviewsIn Siberia, a sudden thaw uncovers two fifty-year-old murder victims as well as a host of disturbing questions. Since each is dressed in the uniform of a WWII Allied officer, Russian authorities decide to invite agents from England and the United States to join in a collaborative effort to discover the truth behind the murders.Charlie Muffin, the British operative, is having enough problems without travelin...

Brian Freemantle resolves one of the greatest maritime mysteries of all timeWhat happened to the Mary Celeste? A merchant vessel sailing out of New York with an Italy-bound shipment of commercial alcohol, the brigantine began her fateful journey in November 1872. One month later she was sighted on an apparent return course, her sails set but torn, her deck abandoned. The ship was in good condition, with her cargo intact. There was no sign of an attack, but ...

Britain's MI5 tolerates Charlie Muffin because he's their best field agent. What none of his colleagues knows, though, is that he is married to Natalia Fedova, a colonel in the FSB, the Russian intelligence successor to the KGB. It's a secret that could land her in front of a firing squad, and him in jail for life. Worst of all, their daughter would then end up in a Russian state orphanage.But a frantic call from Natalia has brought their secret out, and Charlie must lead a combined...

A gripping spy thriller from "one of the most ingenious espionage writers" in the worldIn a botched escape from Russia, MI5 spy Charlie Muffin is seized by the FSB, Russia's intelligence-service successor to the infamous KGB. Charlie is Russia's long-term target in British counter-intelligence, and Moscow is determined to extract, by whatever means necessary, every secret of British—and Western—espionage over Charlie's thirty-year career.Charlie's determine...

A new British operative in Moscow becomes mired in a web of deceitThe KGB is never surprised. When Jeremy Brinkman's file lands on the director's desk, informing him of the new British cultural attaché, the spymaster knows what it means: The Queen has a new agent working in Moscow. To the director, Jeremy is simply another small concern—something to be contained and controlled.But this new spy is not one for control. Jeremy joined the secret service to get ...

The un-Bond-like British spy is back—from a multimillion-selling author who "hauls you aboard and won't let you off until the roller coaster stops" ( Los Angeles Times)."If Brian Freemantle isn't the best writer of spy novels around, he's certainly, along with John le Carré, in the top two." — The Philadelphia InquirerIn his long-running Charlie Muffin series, Freemantle gives us an atypical British spy. Charlie is neither high cultured no...

The un-Bond-like British spy is back—from a multimillion-selling author who "hauls you aboard and won't let you off until the roller coaster stops" ( Los Angeles Times)."If Brian Freemantle isn't the best writer of spy novels around, he's certainly, along with John le Carré, in the top two." — The Philadelphia InquirerIn his long-running Charlie Muffin series, Freemantle gives us an atypical British spy. Charlie is neither high cultured no...

British operative Charlie Muffin infiltrates a Russian spy ring in a Cold War thriller that's "good dirty fun" ( The New York Times Book Review ).Edgar Award FinalistAfter a trumped-up trial, Charlie Muffin lands in jail for treason—ready to learn the secrets of his fellow inmate, a convicted British traitor. Nobody expected KGB agents to stage a prison break to free their man. Charlie faces another...

At the end of the Cold War, a brutal murder in a Moscow alley forces two rival agents together in a mission to catch a serial killer—before it's too lateMoscow is a bad place for an American to walk alone, particularly a woman as beautiful as Ann Harris. An economist in the American embassy, she thinks she knows the town. She thinks she is safe. She's wrong.Colonel Dimitri Danilov is irritated that Harris had to die on his watch. The peculiarities of the mu...

In this gripping espionage thriller, a secret marriage between British and Russian spies is threatened by the conflicting demands of family and country.Britain's MI5 tolerates Charlie Muffin because he's their best field agent. What none of his colleagues knows, though, is that he is married to Natalia Fedova, a colonel in the FSB, the Russian intelligence successor to the KGB. It's a secret that could land her in front of a firing squad, and him in jail for life. ...