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The atmospheric WWII thriller perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Robert Harris

Island Reich

Nightfall Berlin

Moskva

Arctic Sun

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If you’re missing the Cold War thrillers of le Carré, Jack Grimwood will fill the space in your heart with a thrilling splinter of ice

So atmospheric, SO SO GOOD, I recommend EXTREMELY highly

This a proper page-turning high stakes thriller

A fine book . . . for those who enjoy vintage le Carré

The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember

A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted

A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist

Michael Marshall, author of the Straw Men

Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers

Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized

An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read ... escapism at its best

So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carré. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally

The thriller of the summer ... Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale

Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent

Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill

Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers

Highly entertaining . . . The plot is splendidly complicated. Like most good adventure novels set in recognizable history, Grimwood offers readers an enticing "what if?"

Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer

The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting

The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted

1987. High in the Soviet Arctic. A tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret… 
 
Investigating the ravages of the Chernobyl meltdown, researcher Amelia Blackburn stumbles on the evidence of another, more sinister disaster. Mother Russia will stop at nothing to keep this secret, plunging Amelia into grave danger. 
 
Major Tom Fox, British Agent must bring her to safety – and find out what really happened in the frozen North. But when his young son is led into dangers of his own in England, three lives are embroiled in the Cold War’s darkest secrets - and a plot that could echo through history…

From the award-winning author of Moskva and Nightfall Berlin, a gripping suspense-filled thriller in the frozen North . . .‘Cold War conspiracies build to a bloody climax in the snow’ The Times, Thriller of the Month 
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Winter, 1987. The Kola Peninsula, northern Russia. 
A secret, underground research station is destroyed in an explosion.Coming months after the Chernobyl disaster, the Soviets will do anything to conceal the incident. Which is bad news for British Arctic researcher Dr Amelia Blackburn who stumbles on the truth . . . 
 
Lost in frozen, endless night, Kola is as difficult to survive in as it is impossible to get into or out of without the Soviets noticing. But those are Major Tom Fox’s orders: find Amelia, learn what she knows, leave. His chances of success drop with the temperature. 
 
But Fox, a widower desperate to see his son again, has one thing the Soviets chasing him lack. A light to guide him in the darkness . . . 
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‘For those who enjoy vintage le Carré’ Ian Rankin 
 
‘The new le Carré’ BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show 
 
‘A proper page-turning high stakes thriller’ Crime Time 
 
‘A damned fine writer’ Independent 
 
 
British Science Fiction Award winner, 2006

Jack Grimwood, a.k.a Jon Courtenay Grimwood, was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia. He's written for national newspapers, is a two-time winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for Le Prix Montesquieu 2015. His work has been translated into numerous languages. He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker. Arctic Sun is his fourth thriller. 
 
 
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