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Zusatztext 'This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication! that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work' Mail on Sunday. Informationen zum Autor Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1968. During her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director General in 1992, the first woman to hold the post. She has written her autobiography and three Liz Carlyle novels. She lives in London and Norfolk. Klappentext The new high-tension, high-stakes thriller from the first woman to head MI5. MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is summoned to a meeting with her boss Charles Wetherby, head of the Service's Counter-Espionage Branch. A Middle East peace conference is planned to take place at Gleneagles in Scotland and several heads of state will attend. The Syrians have learned that two individuals are mounting an operation to disrupt the peace conference in a way designed to be spectacular, laying the blame at Syria's door. The source claims that Syrian Intelligence will act against the pair, presumably by killing them. Vorwort MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns of a threat to a Middle East peace conference planned to take place at Gleneagles in Scotland. The future of the whole of the Middle East is at stake and the conference deadline is drawing ever closer. Zusammenfassung MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle learns of a threat to a Middle East peace conference planned to take place at Gleneagles in Scotland. The future of the whole of the Middle East is at stake and the conference deadline is drawing ever closer.