Daniel Silva
The English Spy
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
Copyright © Daniel Silva 2015
Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016
Cover photographs © Peter Bagi / Gallery Stock (stairwell); Henry Steadman (figure).
Map designed by Leah Nick Springer
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This is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007552337
Ebook Edition © JULY 2015 ISBN: 9780007552320
Version: 2015-11-17
For Betsy and Andy Lack.
And, as always, for my wife, Jamie,
and my children, Lily and Nicholas.
When a man rubs out a pencil-mark, he should be careful to see that the line is quite obliterated. For if a secret is to be kept, no precautions are too great.
— GRAHAM GREENE, THE MINISTRY OF FEAR
No more tears now; I will think upon revenge.
— MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy
Chapter 2: Off the Leeward Islands
Chapter 3: The Caribbean–London
Chapter 4: Vauxhall Cross, London
Chapter 5: Fiumicino Airport, Rome
Chapter 6: Via Gregoriana, Rome
Chapter 7: Via Gregoriana, Rome
Chapter 8: Via Gregoriana, Rome
Chapter 13: Ballyfermot, Dublin
Chapter 14: Clifden, County Galway
Chapter 15: Thames House, London
Chapter 16: Clifden, County Galway
Chapter 17: Clifden, County Galway