A Summer Miscellany

Whether you're reading poolside, on a delayed train, or hiding from the heat with the curtains drawn, Philip Cottam's summer selection has range: espionage in Cold War Berlin, small-town America unravelling, a river fighting for its life, and one extraordinary woman's journey through revolution and war… The Predicament by William Boyd Gabriel Drax, travel writer and part-time spy at the centre of The Predicament, first appeared on the scene in Gabriel's Moon, first published in 2024. The Predicament sees Gabriel well and truly embedded in the secret world, caught between his two employers, MI6 and the KGB, as well as the internal politics of…