A grown-up spy thriller for the 21st Century - Ross Coulthart
British Intelligence operative Bella Butterfield has been dispatched to Tokyo for a very special purpose. Until recently Japan seemed immune to the Islamic-inspired terror attacks that swept the world after 9/11. But the 2015 beheading of two Japanese aid workers in Syria changed everything.
As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approach the race is on to establish a viable outward-looking Japanese intelligence agency. Bella?s brief is to ensure this spy service is fashioned in the image of MI6. But before discussions even commence Japan receives disturbing intelligence about a home-grown terror plot from an unlikely source - China. Bella is thrown headlong into a complex multinational espionage operation forcing her to walk a trip-wire of hidden agendas that sorely test her professional and personal loyalties.
