The Old Enemy, Henry Porter
The Old Enemy, Henry Porter
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The Old Enemy

Author: Henry Porter

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/08/2021


Synopsis

Paul Samson is living in London and picking up some extra work for a private security company when he is almost killed by a thuggish assassin while tailing a mysterious and gifted young employee of a powerful environmental NGO. The murder of legendary spy Robert Harland, the poisoning of billionaire philanthropist Denis Hisami with a neurotoxin in the United States House of Representatives, and a second attempt on Samson's own life send him on the run to Estonia to figure out who is trying to kill him, and why.

Anastasia leaves her comatose husband Denis in the US to join Samson in Estonia and help him get to the bottom of things. Soon it becomes clear that Denis and Harland were running an investigation into a spectral former Stasi agent and her sprawling network of assets across industry and government in the US and the UK when they were attacked. Samson and Anastasia must tap into their research and expose the spymaster before any more people are killed or agencies compromised.

An astonishing and timely thriller examining the penetration of Russian assets into all levels of western life, The Old Enemy is a complex, breathtaking race against time from "one of our most accomplished thriller writers," (Financial Times).

About Henry Porter

Henry Porter has written eight internationally bestselling thrillers, including Brandenburg Gate, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, and The Bell Ringers, which was also nominated for the award.


Reviews

Henry Porter has been compared with John le Carré – and with good reason. The Old Enemy is far ranging both in terms of its geographical locations and in terms of its characters and timelines. It is a complex book. Robert Harland, ex senior MI5 officer, is shot dead just outside his retirement home o......more

Goodreads review by Nick

The third book to feature Paul Samson. I read the first, Firefly, and quite enjoyed it, the second, White Hot Silence, passed me by. Really to get the most out of this you do need to have read both of the first two as some characters are linked through the books. I have to admit finding it slightly h......more

Goodreads review by Karen

The Old Enemy is the third book featuring ex-MI6 officer Paul Samson but the first I have read. While I'm sure returning readers will enjoy being reunited with the characters and will have the benefit of prior knowledge of what happened previously, I didn't feel my enjoyment of the novel was curtail......more