The Kiriov Tapes

For ex-Detective Inspector Adrian Quimper, their disappearance meant more than the loss of information.

It meant the end of his predictable existence as head of security where the most important things he had to do were vetting personnel and ensuring that everyone had handed their keys back.

Now Quimper found himself compelled to ask some awkward questions; questions that brought him face to face with some very peculiar answers…

Why was the Department hiring freelance gunmen?

Why was information about the new supersonic fighters being deliberately leaked?

It was only when he realised the significance of the six printouts that he thought he had found the answer, especially about that day in January 1963 when he had been sent to Beirut for a killing… with a blank bullet.

Even then the answers weren't quite right. Adrian Quimper still had to learn that computers were only tools and that spying was the dirtiest business of all.

The Kiriov Tapes is a gripping thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Praise for Owen Sela

‘All the hallmarks of superb originality, nearly unbearable tension, characterisation that conveys to the reader protagonists of flesh and blood… Take Owen Sela first.’ - Whitefriar, Smith’s Trade News.

A book for ‘just about everyone who enjoyed the late James Bond or the early Len Deighton. Let yourself go and you’re gone.’ – Kirkus Reviews

‘Operation Double Eagle has all it takes to soar.’ – Kirkus Reviews

‘An intriguingly imagined slab of pseudo-history.’ – Kirkus Reviews

‘Sela writes at the sophisticated top of a much abused form with a zap as authoritative as the gun of the same name he uses.’ – Kirkus Reviews

Owen Sela was born in Ceylon and was a partner in a firm of London Chartered Accountants. His insight into the highly complex world of international finance makes this, his first novel, a compellingly authentic thriller. He lives in London and collects cars as a hobby. He is the author of more than a dozen books.