Free CountryIt is May 1969, and MI6 double agent Paul Dark stands alongside mourners at the funeral of Sir Colin Templeton; the former head of the organisation, the man he knew simply as 'Chief' and the man he killed in cold blood. Dark has got away with it, evading the attentions of both his fellow British spies and the KGB operatives to whom he long ago pledged loyalty. But that precarious security is about to be shattered, launching Dark back into the heart of

Full of dry wit

'Bolton is hot property in crime fiction right now' Stylist Magazine

page turning thriller

For years he has defended his business interests from cut-throat competitors

love and survival

returns unannounced after years in exile

violence and unapologetic selfies - one wild week that sees Alvie break every rule in the book

as this compelling mystery swerves towards a starling vision at its centre

just as Thomas succeeds in meeting his enemy face to face

After his adventures under sun-drenched Neapolitan skies in Cosi Fan Tutti

As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker

cinematic novel about desire