0.5. Winter
The Winter family’s story begins in imperial Germany and follows two brothers, Peter and Paul, through the upheavals that transform Berlin during the first half of the twentieth century. Their lives are shaped by the First World War, revolution, inflation and the unstable politics of the…
1. Berlin Game
Bernard Samson, an experienced field officer in British intelligence, is told that London Central has been penetrated by a Soviet agent. His investigation takes him back to West Berlin, where he grew up and where old contacts still remember a different version of him. The search…
2. Mexico Set
After the shock of Berlin Game, Bernard Samson is sent to Mexico City to persuade a vulnerable KGB officer to defect. The target is nervous, the local intelligence contacts are unreliable and London Central is divided over how much Bernard should be told. The operation forces…
3. London Match
Bernard Samson returns to London convinced that the Soviet penetration of British intelligence has not ended. Colleagues who want the scandal contained resist his suspicions, while evidence points toward a continuing network capable of manipulating operations from inside the Service. Bernard must investigate among people who…
4. Spy Hook
Bernard Samson is asked to look into a large sum of money that has disappeared from the British intelligence service. The financial inquiry soon connects to old operations, internal factions and people who would prefer the missing funds to remain unexplained. Bernard’s damaged standing after Fiona’s…
5. Spy Line
Bernard Samson’s position inside British intelligence has become precarious, and he returns to Berlin seeking answers among the contacts and memories that shaped his career. Old friends offer help mixed with resentment, while London Central continues to manage information around him. The deeper Bernard digs, the…
6. Spy Sinker
Spy Sinker retells the central intelligence operation from perspectives largely hidden from Bernard Samson in the earlier books. Fiona’s apparent defection, the decisions made by senior officers and the careful manipulation of family relationships are shown as parts of a long-term plan whose success depended on…
7. Faith
Fiona Samson has returned from the East, but her homecoming does not restore Bernard’s family or his position inside the Service. Bernard is sent to Germany on another sensitive assignment while questions about Fiona’s past and his relationship with Gloria continue to unsettle the people around…
8. Hope
Bernard Samson is drawn into an investigation whose consequences reach through London Central and into the network of family and friends surrounding him. The apparent end of one Cold War operation has left unresolved deaths, hidden loyalties and competing versions of what senior officers authorised. Bernard’s…
9. Charity
In the final Bernard Samson novel, old operations return to demand an accounting. Bernard continues to test the official story of the Service’s dealings with Fiona, the KGB and its own officers, while personal relationships strained across the previous books approach decisions that cannot be postponed.…