Tabatha's Code

325 pages. Using all the expertise and knowledge gleaned from his political journalism, Matthew d'Ancona delivers a fast-paced thriller which takes the reader through a rollercoaster ride of global politics and personal betrayals. When Cambridge un dergraduate Nick falls in love with an American student during a summer holiday in California, he fails to realize the far-reaching consequences this short but passionate affair will have on him. Years later, still haunted by memories and r egrets, he continues to receive regular coded messages from the other side of th e Atlantic. Is this a token of their ancient love, or is his Tabatha playing a m uch more dangerous game? As Nick is kidnapped by secret-service agents, his pers onal life spirals even further out of control, and he realizes he is just a pawn in the hands of obscure forces, and his former lover the head of a most dangero us network of anti-global terrorists.