Confirm or deny / Graham Ison. [Large print edition]

Ison, Graham

ISBN 10: 0706610326 / ISBN 13: 9780706610321

Published by Remploy Press, Halifax, 1993

About this Item

Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 449 pages; 449p. 23cm. A Portway Large Print Book. Originally published in 1989 by Macmillan. Genre: Fiction -- Novel. 1 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 226539

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confirm or deny / Graham Ison. [Large print edition]
• Publisher: Remploy Press, Halifax
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0706610326
• ISBN 13: 9780706610321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Large Print Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

When the Director-General of MI5 realises there is a traitor on his staff he is forced to call upon Special Branch to conduct the search. And, away from the arduous task of heading selection boards for new officers, Detective Chief Superintendent John Gaffney (who first appeared in The Cold Light of Dawn) is put in charge of the operation.



Picking a small, but select, team, Gaffney sets an elaborate trap: one to catch those who usually do the catching.



As the net closes in, the suspects are narrowed down until one commits suicide. Was it an admission of guilt, or was it murder? Using this uncertainty, Gaffney and his team pursue their quarry, working their way through the facts, interviewing and re-interviewing, acquiring and discarding more evidence until the truth is apparent.

In this exciting and intricate novel, Graham Ison presents readers with a splendid puzzle, richly supported by an authoritative knowledge of the workings of Special Branch.

From Publishers Weekly

Choosing verisimilitude over excitement, this offering from a former high-ranking Scotland Yard offical will please procedural fans more than it will espionage aficionados. Detective Chief Superintendent Gaffney of Special Branch leads a sting operation to find a leak in British counterintelligence. The same team of MI5 agents has lost two KGB operatives in quick succession. Shortly after losing a third, the team's leader apparently commits suicide. Gaffney continues his probe, questioning various MI5 officers and families, none very nice and some rather nasty. After many starts, stops and false leads, Gaffney unravels an ingenious long-term KGB sleeper operation. Ison's characterizations aren't very deep, but the novel has a plausible ring not unlike the true-life spy stories the British do so well.
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