UN covert negotiator, Yael Azoulay, has been sent to Reykjavik to broker a secret meeting between the US President and her Iranian counterpart. Both parties want to reach agreement, but Yael soon realises that powerful enemies are preparing to sabotage the talks. Enemies for whom peace means an end to their lucrative profit streams. In this gripping, intelligent thriller, Adam LeBor draws on twenty-five years of frontline reporting to show us who calls the shots in the corridors of power.

A LONE AGENT. A TERRIFYING ENEMY: UN negotiator Yael Azoulay uncovers a people-trafficking ring with links to Iran... and Washington.

About the Author
Adam LeBor lives in Budapest and writes for the Economist, Newsweek, New York Times, The Times and other publications. He is the author of a number of nonfiction books, including the Orwell Prize shortlisted Hitler's Secret Bankers.

Reviews
Imaginative take on geopolitics... the action never flags' * Sunday Times Crime Club *
A fast-moving international conspiracy theory thriller... Lebor's thrillers are grounded in realpolitik and he is particularly knowledgeable here on the situation in the Middle East' * Shots Magazine *
Sharp, evocative, rhythmic, visual, terrifying * Frost Magazine *
With this book, UK journalist Adam LeBor's electrifying Yael Azoulay trilogy comes to an end. His sharp, gripping narrative delves into the intricacies of geopolitics * Monocle magazine *
A thriller with a difference * Booktrail *
This fast-moving, refreshingly intelligent story is packed with insider knowledge * Daily Mail *
Hooked me from the prologue... I found myself totally engrossed... chillingly prescient' * Nudge Book *
A real page turner. It also makes you think what kind of world we live in and what we mere mortals may not know about what is being done in our name * Tripfiction *
An entertaining and at times gripping journey full of murder and intrigue through the corridors of global power * The Jewish Chronicle. *
There are characters you can believe in and a heroine to identify with and plenty of twists and betrayals and sudden surprises to satisfy any addict of spy and global skullduggery novels. And all written with pace that turns the pages * Tribune Magazine. *



Book Information
ISBN 9781784970314
Author Adam LeBor
Format Paperback
Page Count 464
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC