Hammer to Fall
(eAudiobook)
It's London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, his postings are more grim than glamorous. Luckily, Wilderness has a knack for doing well for himself even in the most unpromising postings-though this has gotten him into hot water in the past. A coffee-smuggling gig in divided Berlin was a steady money-maker but things went pear-shaped when he had to smuggle a spy back to the KGB instead. In the wake of what became an embarrassing disaster for MI6, Wilderness is reprimanded with a posting to remote northern Finland, under the guise of a cultural exchange program to promote Britain abroad. Bored by his work, with nothing to spy on, Wilderness finds another way to make money-this time by smuggling vodka across the rather porous border into the USSR. He strikes a deal with his old KGB pal Kostya, who explains to him there is-no joke-a vodka shortage in the Soviet Union, following a grain famine caused by Khrushchev's new agricultural policies. But there is something fishy about why Kostya has suddenly turned up in Finland, and MI6 intelligence from London points to a connection to the mining of cobalt in the region-a critical component in the casing of the atomic bomb. Wilderness's posting is getting more interesting by the minute, but more dangerous too. Moving from the no-man's-land of Cold War Finland to the wild days of the Prague Spring, and populated by old friends (including Inspector Troy) and old enemies alike, Hammer to Fall is a gripping tale of deception and skullduggery, of art and politics-a gripping story of the always riveting life of the British spy.
Notes
Lawton, J., & Hancock, L. (2020). Hammer to Fall. Unabridged. [United States], Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lawton, John and Lewis, Hancock. 2020. Hammer to Fall. [United States], Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lawton, John and Lewis, Hancock, Hammer to Fall. [United States], Blackstone Publishing, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lawton, John, and Lewis Hancock. Hammer to Fall. Unabridged. [United States], Blackstone Publishing, 2020.
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