Charlie Muffin, the British Secret Service's most unconventional agent, undertakes the most delicate - and deadly - mission of his remarkable and controversial career. Muffin's arrogant disregard for rules has got him into trouble again - only someon... Read more

Charlie Muffin, the British Secret Service's most unconventional agent, undertakes the most delicate - and deadly - mission of his remarkable and controversial career. Muffin's arrogant disregard for rules has got him into trouble again - only someone as off-beat could handle the current crisis. Rumours have reached Whitehall that a top KGB assassin named Kozlov is about to defect to the CIA in Japan. The catch is that Kozlov wants his wife to defect as well - to the Brits. It's Charlie's job to confirm that the KGB agent is genuine. Then he has to get Kozlov's wife out of Japan safely. Charlie soon realizes his suspicions are true: he is a pawn in an elaborate double-cross that only a mind as devious or crafty as his own could recognize - or top. The most interesting character to hit novels of international intrigue since the spy came in from the cold NEWSDAY Less