In Secret Service: A Novel - Softcover

Silver, Mitch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1982120495 ISBN 13: 9781982120498

Publisher: Atria, 2018

Synopsis

In this gripping debut thriller, Mitch Silver brings to life Ian Fleming’s world of spies, love, passion, and danger when a young woman inherits Fleming’s long-hidden account of spying during World War II and must finish it to find out why people are trying to kill her.

1964: James Bond’s creator Ian Fleming, himself a World War II British Naval Intelligence officer, seals a manuscript intended for a future reader whom he must trust will serve the truth decades later...

2005: An American academic is summoned to Ireland to claim a strange inheritance—a memoir, penned by the famous author, details information so confidential, so potentially explosive, that people on both sides of the Atlantic are willing to kill to maintain its secrecy.

Peopled with characters including Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Anthony Blunt, and FDR and illustrated with authenticating documents, In Secret Service is an unputdownable pageturner—a historical mystery inside a contemporary thriller.

About this title

About the Author:

Mitch Silver is an advertising agency creative director who lives in Rye, New York. In Secret Service is his first novel.

Review:

"A monarchy in trouble, murderous treason, and a World War II betrayal that resonates into the present. The real thrill of In Secret Service is watching this contemporary and historical tale recounted through the fun house mirror. Enjoy the ride." -- Brad Meltzer, bestselling author of The Book of Fate

"Compelling.... A story Ian Fleming himself would have enjoyed." -- Rocky Mountain News (Denver)

"Silver impressively overlays speculative scenarios atop actual historical events.... The multi-layered conspiracies are well-imagined." -- The Washington Post

"Gripping and dangerous as any James Bond adventure....A tantalizing page-turner." -- The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

"Mitch Silver links Fleming's real and fictional worlds to today's headlines." -- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA)

"Silver mounts suspense ever so slowly but ever so surely that you find yourself breathlessly waiting for a startling denouement." -- Tampa Tribune

"A great thriller, worthy of Ian Fleming himself -- and the story might ever be true." -Lee Child, bestseller author of Tripwire

"First-time novelist Silver spins an entertaining tale...and his high spirits are so contagious that readers will happily go along for the ride." -- Publishers Weekly

"Harks back to the best of the Cold War thrillers....In Secret Service is at home in the past and present -- and compelling in both." -- Rocky Mountain News (Denver)

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1982120495
• ISBN 13: 9781982120498
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448