Matching the style of le Carre with the high-energy action of Ludlum, Dead Spy Running comes racing out of the gate as the first in a fantastic new series.
From its breathtaking start at the London Marathon, Jon Stock sets a breakneck pace that marks him as a formidable new thriller writer. Dead Spy Running will captivate readers with a story that leaps from a bomb threat in London, to a secret CIA black site in Poland, and on to India, where a spectacular assassination plot threatens to throw world politics into chaos.
Industry Reviews
Smart, classy, and relentlessly gripping, Dead Spy Running grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I couldn't quit turning the pages -- like Daniel Marchant running the London marathon, I couldn't stop.--Meg Gardiner, author of China Lake Dead Spy Running is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape -- and a bit beyond.--Robert Goddard, author of Into the Blue "As elegant as Le Carre and as cynical as the Twenty-First Century." --The Observer (UK)
"As strong as Bourne, as clever as Bond, but with a voice set for Generation Next, Jon Stock has done the impossible in Daniel Marchant and created THE new spy, a living, breathing human, whose own unpredictability suits perfectly our unpredictable world.'" --Stephen Gaghan, Oscar-winning writer of Traffic
"Smart, classy, and relentlessly gripping, Dead Spy Running grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I couldn't quit turning the pages -- like Daniel Marchant running the London marathon, I couldn't stop." --Meg Gardiner, author of China Lake
"Dead Spy Running is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape -- and a bit beyond." --Robert Goddard, author of Into the Blue
"An elegant, unstoppable front runner of a spy thriller." --The Observer (UK)
"The sophistication of John Le Carre or David Ignatius...this is a Jason Bourne sweat-fest with George Smiley's brain." --Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Protagonist Daniel Marchant is the perfect post-Bond spy.... Move over, Jason Bourne." --Bookpage
"Stock, a veteran British journalist with Indian experience, combines LeCarre-style cerebral gamesmanship and bureaucratic maneuvering with the best of thriller action in this character-driven spy novel. Stock's prose is swift and sure, his characters well drawn and the action twisty and relentless. Stock has brought the literary spy novel into the 21st century." --Portsmouth Herald
"Stock, a veteran British journalist with Indian experience, combines LeCarre-style cerebral gamesmanship and bureacratic maneuvering with the best of thriller action in this character-driven spy novel. . . . Stock has brought the literary spy novel into the 21st century." --Sea Coast Online As elegant as Le Carre and as cynical as the Twenty-First Century. "The Observer (UK)"
As strong as Bourne, as clever as Bond, but with a voice set for Generation Next, Jon Stock has done the impossible in Daniel Marchant and created THE new spy, a living, breathing human, whose own unpredictability suits perfectly our unpredictable world.' "Stephen Gaghan, Oscar-winning writer of Traffic"
Smart, classy, and relentlessly gripping, Dead Spy Running grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I couldn't quit turning the pages -- like Daniel Marchant running the London marathon, I couldn't stop. Meg Gardiner, author of China Lake
Dead Spy Running is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape -- and a bit beyond. Robert Goddard, author of Into the Blue
An elegant, unstoppable front runner of a spy thriller. "The Observer (UK)"
The sophistication of John Le Carre or David Ignatius...this is a Jason Bourne sweat-fest with George Smiley's brain. "Daily Telegraph (UK)"
Protagonist Daniel Marchant is the perfect post-Bond spy.... Move over, Jason Bourne. "Bookpage"
Stock, a veteran British journalist with Indian experience, combines LeCarre-style cerebral gamesmanship and bureaucratic maneuvering with the best of thriller action in this character-driven spy novel. Stock's prose is swift and sure, his characters well drawn and the action twisty and relentless. Stock has brought the literary spy novel into the 21st century. "Portsmouth Herald"
Stock, a veteran British journalist with Indian experience, combines LeCarre-style cerebral gamesmanship and bureacratic maneuvering with the best of thriller action in this character-driven spy novel. . . . Stock has brought the literary spy novel into the 21st century. "Sea Coast Online"" "As elegant as Le Carre and as cynical as the Twenty-First Century."
--Lee Child, author of "61 Hours"
"As strong as Bourne, as clever as Bond, but with a voice set for Generation Next, Jon Stock has done the impossible in Daniel Marchant and created THE new spy, a living, breathing human, whose own unpredictability suits perfectly our unpredictable world.'"
--Stephen Gaghan, Oscar-winning writer of "Traffic"
"Smart, classy, and relentlessly gripping, "Dead Spy Running" grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I couldn't quit turning the pages -- like Daniel Marchant running the London marathon, I couldn't stop."
--Meg Gardiner, author of "China"" Lake"
""Dead Spy Running" is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape -- and a bit beyond."
--Robert Goddard, author of "Into the Blue"
"An elegant, unstoppable front runner of a spy thriller."
--"The Observer" (UK)
"The sophistication of John Le Carre or David Ignatius...this is a Jason Bourne sweat-fest with George Smiley's brain."
--"Daily Telegraph" (UK)
"Protagonist Daniel Marchant is the perfect post-Bond spy.... Move over, Jason Bourne."--"Bookpage"
"Stock, a veteran British journalist with Indian experience, combines LeCarre-style cerebral gamesmanship and bureaucratic maneuvering with the best of thriller action in this character-driven spy novel. Stock's prose is swift and sure, his characters well drawn and the action twisty and relentless. Stock has brought the literary spy novel into the 21st century."--"Portsmouth Herald"
"Stock, a veteran British journalist with Indian experience, combines LeCarre-style cerebral gamesmanship and bureacratic maneuvering with the best of thriller action in this character-driven spy novel. . . . Stock has brought the literary spy novel into the 21st century."--"Sea Coast Online" "As elegant as Le Carre and as cynical as the Twenty-First Century."
--Lee Child, author of "61 Hours"
"As strong as Bourne, as clever as Bond, but with a voice set for Generation Next, Jon Stock has done the impossible in Daniel Marchant and created THE new spy, a living, breathing human, whose own unpredictability suits perfectly our unpredictable world.'"
--Stephen Gaghan, Oscar-winning writer of "Traffic"
"Smart, classy, and relentlessly gripping, "Dead Spy Running" grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I couldn't quit turning the pages -- like Daniel Marchant running the London marathon, I couldn't stop."
--Meg Gardiner, author of "China"" Lake"
""Dead Spy Running" is a rip-roaring race of a read that never lets up until the finishing tape -- and a bit beyond."
--Robert Goddard, author of "Into the Blue"
"An elegant, unstoppable front runner of a spy thriller."
--"The Observer" (UK)
"The sophistication of John Le Carre or David Igna
