Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award winner for 2012 announced |
Literary - 25-10-12
Press ReleaseCongratulations to Charles Cumming, author of 'A Foreign Country' which has won this year�s Crime Writers� Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award!
The Steel Dagger is awarded to the best thriller published throughout the year in the UK, and A Foreign Country is a very worthy winner for 2012.
Blurb:
Amelia Levene, the first female Chief of MI6, has disappeared without a trace, six weeks before she is due to take on the role. Desperate not only to find her, but to keep her disappearance a secret, Britain�s top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Tossed out of the Service only months before, Kell is given one final chance to redeem himself � find Amelia Levene at any cost. The trail leads Kell to France and Tunisia, where he uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions for Britain and her allies. Only Kell stands in the way of personal and political catastrophe.
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