The winner of the inaugural Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year Award has been announced by the festival organizers and goes to Charles Cumming for his stand-alone thriller A Foreign Country, a tale of deceit and betrayal, conspiracy and redemption.
The Award recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, for books first published between August 1st, 2011 and July 31st, 2012.
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A Foreign Country
Charles Cumming
On the vacation of a lifetime in Egypt, an elderly French couple are brutally murdered. Days later, a meticulously-planned kidnapping takes place on the streets of Paris. Amelia Levene, the first female Chief of MI6, has disappeared without a trace, six weeks before she is due to take over as the most influential spy in Europe. It is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced in more than a decade.
Desperate not only to find her, but to keep her disappearance a secret, Britain’s top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Tossed out of the Service only months before, Kell is given one final chance to redeem himself — find Amelia Levene at any cost.
The trail leads Kell to France and Tunisia, where he uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions for Britain and its allies. Only Kell stands in the way of personal and political catastrophe.
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