TIM GLISTER talks to Paul Burke about his new novel RED CORONA and the 8 books that set him on the path to becoming a spy writer.
Red Corona:
It’s 1961 and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder. Richard Knox is a secret agent in big trouble. He’s been hung out to dry by a traitor in MI5, and the only way to clear his name could destroy him. Meanwhile in a secret Russian city, brilliant scientist Irina Valera makes a discovery that will change the world, and hand the KGB unimaginable power. Desperate for a way back into MI5, Knox finds an unlikely ally in Abey Bennett, a CIA recruit who’s determined to prove herself whatever the cost… As the age of global surveillance dawns, three powers will battle for dominance, and three people will fight to survive…
Published by Point Blank

Crime Time FM also get the exclusive reveal of the title of the next novel in the Richard Knox series...

Books discussed:
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré
From Russia with Love Ian Fleming
Our Man in Havana and The Quiet American   Graham Greene
The Ipcress File Len Deighton
Ascent Jed Mercurio
To the Lions Holly Watt
The Spy and the Traitor Ben McIntyre

Red Corona https://uk.bookshop.org/a/137/9781786077790

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