My Name Is Nobody

From the bestselling author of The Scarlet Papers, a Times Thriller of the Year

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My Name Is Nobody

By: Matthew Richardson

Narrated by: Colin Mace

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Summary

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...

Matthew RichardsonColin MacePenguin

Action & Adventure

Espionage

Genre Fiction

Military

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Spies & Politics

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

War & Military

Fiction

Mystery

Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Mystery

Critic reviews

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

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

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

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.

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 (Gregg Hurwitz)

Compelling, intense and sharply authentic (James Swallow)

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

Truly authentic and frighteningly so . . . a remarkable thriller

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 (Jason Matthews)

Matthew Richardson's debut is a bang-up-to-date thriller told with old-school panache. A great read (Mick Herron)

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Taut, precise writing that is a credit to the author. I listened avidly to every word and it allowed my imagination to visualise the plausible scenarios. Excellent narration. I will seek out the author and reader again. Well done those involved.