{"product_id":"the-whispering-dead-9781448308170","title":"The Whispering Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe past comes back to haunt MI6 secret agent Cordelia Hemlock in this spy thriller from \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times \u003ci\u003ebestselling author David Mark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Top-level espionage fiction\" - \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003eStarred Review \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: \u003ci\u003eThey won't want you to do well. They won't ever trust you. They don't trust me and I'm one of them. \u003c\/i\u003eShe takes this as a challenge rather than a warning. She wants to protect the nation. Serve Queen and country. Who would turn down such a glorious opportunity? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen years later, Cordelia is desk-bound after finishing an undercover operation and going quietly mad with boredom. So when the call comes through on the top-secret Pandora line - so-called after the locked-box the telephone is kept in - she answers it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's Walt. No longer officially MI6, he still inhabits the murky world of intelligence, where information always comes with a price. He tells her he has a secret to share with her - and only her. And once she knows it, nothing will ever be the same again . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA follow-up to the critically acclaimed psychological thriller \u003ci\u003eThe Mausoleum\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a twisty, page-turning tale of friendship and divided loyalties set against the dark, forbidding landscape of the rural Borderlands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448308170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"David Mark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169458774197,"sku":"9781448308170","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_03b9aac4-5eea-4417-80e1-03f82c824789.jpg?v=1741703174","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-whispering-dead-9781448308170","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}