Typhoon

Typhoon
Charles Cumming

Perfect for fans of John le Carré, a gripping and suspenseful spy thriller from ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday)Hong Kong, 1997. Only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese control.It’s a feverish city. And the spooks are hard at work, jostling for position and influence. So when an elderly man emerges from the sea, claiming to know secrets he will share only with the British Governor, a young MI6 officer, Joe Lennox, sees the chance to make his reputation.But when the old man, a high-profile Chinese professor, is spirited away in the middle of the night by the CIA, it’s clear that there’s a great deal more at stake here than a young spy’s career.The professor holds the key to a sinister and ambitious plan that could have catastrophic repercussions for the world in the twenty-first century…

CHARLES CUMMING

Typhoon

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published by Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, in 2008

Copyright © Charles Cumming 2008

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Source ISBN: 9780007487189

Ebook Edition © 2013 ISBN: 9780007487219

Version: 2015-07-07

For Iris and Stanley

and

to the memory of Pierce Loughran

(1969-2005)

Table of Contents

Title Page (#u201d082d-df03-51c3-8d75-c1696146ddda)

Copyright (#u20b7998d-2589-5bd5-9cf5-5c7aabd5a266)

Dedication (#u81eb77eb-966e-5eff-9788-e10327967ec1)

Epigraph (#u2dd72c32-ca16-5cfe-a9fc-df6dee6846eb)

Map (#uf42b7c4a-6f26-5141-8ab2-113a491b28ec)

Prologue (#uacc027a7-6591-5dd5-8f2a-be2f401d1131)

Part One: Hong Kong 1997 (#u59d2ea75-2b5a-5dca-a9ea-104ef50b4606)

1. On the Beach (#uf485a995-f54e-5401-ad0b-0ab668c6be3c)

2. Black Watch (#u2225a6f4-cb8d-545a-8c49-f722157deeeb)

3. Lennox (#u45b80d7e-8b93-5fc3-b256-bd169c90d506)

4. Isabella (#uab3fb619-b563-5620-9dc6-1a129b5d4c24)

5. The House of a Thousand Arseholes (#u14e651f2-1c9e-522b-a139-46f6f29e532b)

6. Cousin Miles (#u2736d952-ae18-5720-bbf4-8f92c5830ac0)

7. Wang (#u9425ae5d-f35c-577e-9487-96c725b559e0)

8. Xinjiang (#u61741dd2-da1d-5c55-8d2f-a6f97a147129)

9. Club 64 (#uaf33dca4-bbf0-5890-8733-8de9c2888754)

10. Ablimit Celil (#u74e2e8da-6b53-5c32-9931-70d7d91b4844)

11. Tiananmen (#ua9b983ab-6b1f-521f-9fd2-8bd9bb578f36)

12. A Good Walk Spoiled (#u96f3063c-2290-569d-b1f1-718ae199c5fa)

13. The Double (#ua826f112-2d1f-50c5-bfde-ca3c824f96f8)

14. Samba’s (#u775bd32f-b40f-5020-84fd-bb2a2ee4b945)

15. Underground (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Twilight (#litres_trial_promo)

17. Quid Pro Quo (#litres_trial_promo)

18. Maryland (#litres_trial_promo)