Watchman, Ian Rankin
Watchman, Ian Rankin
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Watchman

Author: Ian Rankin

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/11/2007

Synopsis

Miles Flint is a government spy who has been making some serious mistakes. His last assignment led to the death of a foreign official in London, and after getting too close to his current subject, he wound up in police custody. But something is wrong at the agency that has nothing to do with Miles’s errors. Why did his last suspect know more about Miles’s assignment than Miles did? Why have so many operatives recently resigned? Has the agency hired someone to watch him?

Despite the Director’s assurances, Miles begins his own internal investigation, to the dismay of his colleagues and even his wife. Then Miles is sent to Belfast to oversee the arrest of two suspected terrorists, a supposedly routine mission that only strengthens his darkest suspicions. Has the Director issued Miles his final assignment?

Determined to discover the truth, Miles enters a dangerous world he normally only observes–even as it threatens his life at every turn. With the riveting suspense and razor-sharp dialogue that have made him an internationally renowned bestseller, Ian Rankin examines an ordinary man forced into extraordinary circumstances, and proves why he “just keeps getting better and better” (Michele Ross, Cleveland Plain Dealer ).

About The Author

Ian James Rankin is a crime writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. He is the author of Dead Souls, Black and Blue, The Hanging Garden, and Watchman.JOHN LEE's highly innovative work in the fields of emotional intelligence, anger management, and emotional regression has made him an in-demand consultant, teacher, trainer, coach, and speaker. His contributions in the fields of recovery, relationships, men’s issues, spirituality, parenting, and creativity have put him in the national spotlight for over 20 years. Lee has been featured on Oprah, 20/20, Barbara Walters’ The View, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He has been interviewed by Newsweek, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other national magazines and radio talk shows.For over 25 years, Lee has conducted private and group sessions on a variety of issues working with men, women, couples, and families. He lectures, gives workshops and trainings in cities all over the world, delivering sensitive, yet sophisticated material to audiences in a humorous and simple way everyone can understand. His lectures have been branded as “hilariously entertaining, deeply compassionate, yet filled with ‘tell it like it is!’”Lee served as a professor at the University of Texas and at the University of Alabama before becoming a writer, bestselling author, life coach, and personal consultant. He currently resides on breathtaking Lookout Mountain in Mentone, Alabama with his three happy dogs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 31, 2021

This espionage novel is one of Ian Rankin's early books, written before he started the John Rebus detective series. In this story, Miles Flint is a British spy, a "watchman" who surveils individuals suspected of illegal/terrorist activity in London. While watching an Arab suspect in a hotel lobby Fl......more

Goodreads review by Baba on April 05, 2020

In a London where bombs are going off in the streets, mostly laid back spy (yes, I said spy) Miles Flint wants one thing - not to mess up his next case. His life is on the edge, failing at work and in his marriage, can his next case in Belfast be his redemption? A really good espionage thriller; an......more

Goodreads review by John on May 07, 2023

Not a page turner and one of Rankin’s earliest novels. Unusual as it is a spy novel. Miles Flint is a jaded surveillance officer who bungles an op when he is distracted. He suspects a mole in His British Intelligence Organization. He also has a hobby of studying beetles as well as characterizing peo......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 13, 2012

Years after writing this novel and The Flood, Ian Rankin created the Rebus books and became the UK's biggest-selling crime writer. In Scotland, he has become a cultural icon. I haven't read any of the Rebus novels, and so can't comment on them (other than saying the TV versions were excellent). I di......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on January 29, 2019

This book, published in 1988, was refreshed with a Prologue presenting the author's recollections of writing this book. It serves as a very good appetizer. I enjoyed this book very much because it pitches a mild mannered British surveillance man into the middle of a complex dirty tricks plan hatched......more

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