The Last Man Out of Saigon

A thriller set in the last days of the Vietnam war.

Excellent, professional, authentic…as unputdownable as Graham Greene.

An excellent thriller, told convincingly.

Chris Mullin, author, journalist and former MP, a minister in three departments and chairman of the Home Affairs select committee. His books include three highly acclaimed volumes of diaries, "A View from the Foothills", "Decline and Fall" and "A Walk-On Part"; also the novel "A Very British Coup" which was made into an award-winning television series. He is an accomplished public speaker.

A thriller set in the last days of the Vietnam war. 
 
As Saigon falls, CIA agent MacShane is sent in under journalist cover to organise a network of stay-behind agents. 
 
Needless to say, his cover is quickly blown, but nothing in his training has prepared him for what follows…

Chris Mullin

Finely judged…Mullin has the skill and compassion to make you care.

A story I think every reader will enjoy - except perhaps a member of the CIA.

A superb thriller…packed with political bite.

In Tibet a CIA sleeper is about to awake…he could change the course of history. 
 
At CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, a retirement party is being held for Harvey Crocker, a veteran agent who has seen better days. Most people at Langley are glad to see the back of him. Unknown to everyone, however, buried deep in the archives, Crocker has left a time-bomb quietly ticking. 
 
The pawn in Crocker's game is Ari, a young incarnate lama smuggled out of Tibet to be trained for a devastating mission. For years he has been biding his time, exactly as instructed, waiting for the moment to strike. Isolated once more behind the Himalayas, cut off from his masters in Langley, Ari is not to know that in Washington the line has changed…

The Year Of The Fire Monkey

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Finely judged…Mullin has the skill and compassion to make you care.

A story I think every reader will enjoy - except perhaps a member of the CIA.

A superb thriller…packed with political bite.

Finely judged…Mullin has the skill and compassion to make you care.

A story I think every reader will enjoy - except perhaps a member of the CIA.

A superb thriller…packed with political bite.

Finely judged…Mullin has the skill and compassion to make you care.

A story I think every reader will enjoy - except perhaps a member of the CIA.

A superb thriller…packed with political bite.

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