Secret Asset

Liz Carlyle, the quick, passionate intelligence officer of Britain's MI5, returns to defuse a terrorist plot in this high-stakes, high-tension tale of international espionage. When it appears a "secret asset"a sleeper spyhas infiltrated British Intelligence, the Director of Counter-Terrorism assigns Liz Carlyle to dig up the mole. The spy, possibly a former IRA operative now working with British-born Al Qaeda sympathizers, has one thing on his (or her?) mind: total devastation. With a major attack looming, Liz must trust her instincts and move fast. But this assignment is deadly, and suddenly she feels like she has wandered into a wilderness of mirrors, where nothing is what is seems and no-one can be trusted. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Stella Rimington joined Britain’s security service (MI5) in 1965 where she worked in all the main areas of the organization: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1992. Her autobiography Open Secret was published by Hutchinson in 2001. Her first novel, At Risk, featuring agent Liz Carlyle, was also published by Hutchinson in August 2004.


From the Hardcover edition.