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Title: The Traitor
Author: Ava Glass
Publication Date: 14th September 2023
Description:
From the glittering shores of St. Tropez to the sun-drenched streets of Barcelona, The Traitor is former spy insider Ava Glass’s high-octane thriller set in the billionaires’ playground of the glamourous French Riviera.
A dead body in a padlocked suitcase, chemical weapons, and an MI5 traitor selling secrets to the Russians sets the scene for British agent Emma Makepeace’s thrill packed mission on the med.
Emma must go undercover, working below deck as a crew member on luxury super yacht The Eden. Setting sail from St Tropez, The Eden’s Russian owner and his bikini-clad supermodel girlfriend are under surveillance by MI6, suspected of procuring illegal weapons from the UK.
Out at sea with no escape, Emma must tread carefully as she races to uncover who the traitor on board the oligarch’s yacht is. Witnessing a murder and with her cover wearing increasingly thin, one false move and she could be dead. As the hunt intensifies, Emma must find the traitor before he finds her.
From a glittering yacht party to a powerboat chase over deadly rocks, and from living below deck to being hunted through the streets of Barcelona, never before has the turquoise sea and golden sands of the Rivera been so deadly.
If you love The White Lotus, you will devour Ava Glass’s second novel The Traitor – and fans of Ava Glass’ 2020 debut The Chase(which is currently shortlisted for Best Spy Novel at the 2023 Crime Writer Awards) will not be disappointed.
A massive new talent in British fiction, Ava Glass’s storytelling is complex and finely crafted, combining twisting plotlines, intelligent dialogue and ambiguous characters, all skilfully brought together in an epic climax. Never before has spy fiction been so nail-bitingly real.
My Thoughts:
Mystery/ thrillers aren’t my usual go to genre but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I should also point out that I haven’t read the first in the series either. Emma Makepeace likes to solve crimes. She’s a woman on a mission who feels she has something to prove given her family’s past. An agent meets an unfortunate end in his flat and they want to find out why it has occurred. This results in Emma heading to Europe and ending up on a Russian oligarch’s yacht. Is he a bad guy? Who exactly are the bad guys? With a few plot twists I found it an engaging read.
About the Author:
The Traitor is the highly anticipated follow up to Ava Glass’ 2022 debut spy thriller The Chase.
The Chase is currently shortlisted for Best Spy Novel at the 2023 Crime Writer Awards alongside established names including Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) and Linwood Barclay. No small feat for a debut novelist.
Film rights to The Chase and The Traitor have been acquired by Ink Factory, producers of The Night Manager, who are currently working on a pilot in conjunction with Sky Atlantic, now in the final stages of editing. Next step will be casting!
Ava Glass is a former civil servant with the highest security clearance bar one. She has seen just enough of the inner workings of espionage to ensure that she will always be fascinated by spies.
Prior to working at the home office, Ava Glass worked as a crime reporter, covering multiple homicides, making her writing both fresh and dangerously believable.
Cathy Powell 