My Name Is Nobody, Matthew Richardson
My Name Is Nobody, Matthew Richardson
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My Name Is Nobody

Author: Matthew Richardson

Narrator: Colin Mace

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 07/13/2017

Synopsis

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of My Name Is Nobody by Matthew Richardson, read by Colin Mace.

'I know a secret. A secret that changes everything...'

Solomon Vine was the best of his generation, a spy on a fast track to the top. But when a prisoner is shot in unexplained circumstances on his watch, only suspension and exile beckon.

Three months later, MI6's Head of Station in Istanbul is abducted from his home. There are signs of a violent struggle. With the Service in lockdown, uncertain of who can be trusted, thoughts turn to the missing man's oldest friend: Solomon Vine.

Officially suspended, Vine can operate outside the chain of command to uncover the truth. But his investigation soon reveals that the disappearance heralds something much darker. And that there's much more at stake than the life of a single spy...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on July 13, 2017

My Name is Nobody is a excellent twisty spy thriller, highly addictive with some genuinely terrific characters and an ending that is unexpected – which obviously made me love it as the unexpected is rare for me. Solomon Vine is out of the loop and on suspension after something goes horribly wrong in......more

Goodreads review by Ed on March 28, 2018

Author Matthew Richardson's debut novel is quite literally a masterpiece of suspense! Reading it is like playing three dimensional chess while furiously turning the pages. Without recapping the plot, this exceptionally entertaining 21st century spy thriller will stun you with it's complexity, style......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on June 22, 2017

The intrigue of the old-school cipher trumps 21st century cyber in My Name is Nobody, which offers a timely, wholly relevant peek behind the scenes of security challenges affecting the world at large, and events much closer to home. Complex action thrillers are all well and good but it was refreshin......more

Goodreads review by Jo on July 31, 2017

Head spy in Istanbul is abducted so his former close friend Solomon Vine is called in to investigate. But it has to be on the quiet because Vine is suspended after the death of a suspect. Lots of exciting spy stuff ensues. I quite enjoyed this, it's a bit rough around the edges as so many debut nove......more

Quotes

Now comes Matthew Richardson, hailed as the next Charles Cumming. My Name is Nobody actually falls somewhere between Robert Ludlum and Le Carre Sunday Mail

A splendid tale of espionage starring an old-fashioned MI6 hero . . . exciting spy literature The Times

All debut spy novelists are dubbed the new John le Carre but Richardson has made a good fist of living up to the accolade at his first attempt . . . [a] knowledgeable thriller SPORT Magazine

Proof that the genre is flourishing anew in the 21st century . . . [he] distinguishes the more ambitious offerings in the spy genre, but his plotting has an old-school, Swiss-clock precision that keeps the reader pleasurably engaged. The Guardian

I dare you to find a first novel as self-assured, impeccably researched and beautifully rendered . . . Richardson paints a portrait of espionage that calls to mind early le Carré No. 1 bestselling author of Orphan X

Compelling, intense and sharply authentic bestselling author of Nomad

A pleasingly convoluted spy saga . . . which combines immaculate Cold War tradecraft with modern tech savvy as our maverick hero comes up against a Le Carre-esque establishment while trying to find a mole and head off a terrorist atrocity Sunday Times Crime Club

Truly authentic and frighteningly so . . . a remarkable thriller Shot Magazine

Authentic, mysterious, fraught with deception, betrayal, and uncertain allegiances, it captures perfectly the foggy world of spies, populated by conspiracy and turncoats, both friends and enemies, an evocative descent into the Wilderness of Mirrors author of Red Sparrow

Matthew Richardson's debut is a bang-up-to-date thriller told with old-school panache. A great read CWA Gold Dagger-winning author of Dead Lions

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