Close Call: A Liz Carlyle Novel: 8 (A Liz Carlyle Thriller) - Hardcover

She bids to join the ranks of such secret-agent authors as Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene and John le Carré (Wall Street Journal)

A wealth of persuasive detail, obviously drawn from first-hand experience (Marie Claire)

This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication that is true to the character and spirit of intelligence work (Mail on Sunday)

For a pacy page-turner, she's a safe bet . . . Rimington is particularly strong in her accounts of procedure, unsurprisingly, given her past role as Head of MI5 (Independent)

Faster than Le Carré, she creates the same sense of real characters struggling with real problems (John Sandford)

Rimington's best work demonstrates a flair for narrative, with a sense of authenticity and an insider's grasp on the pressing issues of the day (Washington Post)

Liz Carlyle is an MI5 agent with the traditional thriller-heroine mix of dysfunctional personal life and steely ambition (Daily Telegraph)

Rich with authentic details from Rimington's own life as director general of MI5, this is a must-read for fans of contemporary spy fiction (Publishers Weekly)

Rimington is a fine storyteller who creates instantly believable characters living in an extraordinary world (Bella)

Liz Carlyle remains one of the most interesting characters in the male-dominated world of the spy thriller (Daily Express)