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Description edit
The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed – the identity of a SIXTH member of the infamous Cambridge spy ring. And people are killing for it… London, 1992. Late one night, Edward Crane, 76, is declared dead at a London hospital. An obituary describes him only as... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Holly Levette: young actress and Dr Gaddis' current girlfrienc
- Dr Meisner: faked Ed Crane's death
- Calvin Somers: orderly that helped fake Ed Crane's death
- Sam Gaddis: Add a description of this character.
- Thomas Neame
- Tanya Acocella
- Robert Wilkinson
- John Brennan
- Eddie Crane
- Edward Crane
- Sergei Platov
- Jeremy
- Paul
- Ludmilla Tretiak
- Natasha
- Katya Levette
- Peter
- Tom
- Doctor Gaddis
- Alexander Grek
- Miklós
- Philby
- Maclean
- Josephine
- Viki
- Doronin
- Burgess
- Paterson
- Waldemar
- Berg
- Wilson
- Henderson
- Cairncross
Setting & Locations edit
- Charlotte
- London
- Berlin
- Moscow
- Vienna
- Cambridge
- Dresden
- Winchester
- Budapest
- Ucl
- Tite Street
- New Zealand
- Hampstead
- Rus
- Spain
- Austria
- Barcelona
- Kew
- Mount Vernon Hospital
- Oxford
- Rickmansworth
- Leningrad
- Kremlin
- East Germany
- Kepitsa
- Gatwick
- Paddington
- Uxbridge Road
- Kursalon
- Canberra
- Trinity
- Novotel
- Royal Hospital Road
- Washington
- Paris
- Hegyeshalom
- Kleines Café
- St. Mary’s Hospital
- Britain
- Hungary
First Sentence edit
The dead man was not a dead man.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Best Fiction of 2011. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Cumming (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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