Stella Rimington. (2007). Secret Asset: A Novel. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Stella Rimington. 2007. Secret Asset: A Novel. Books on Tape.

Stella Rimington, Secret Asset: A Novel. Books on Tape, 2007.

Stella Rimington. Secret Asset: A Novel. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2007.

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   • bioText: Stella Rimington joined Britain’s Security Service (MI5) in 1969. During her nearly 30-year career she worked in all the main fields of the Service’s responsibilities—counter subversion, counter espionage and counterterrorism—and successively became Director of all three branches. Appointed Director General of MI5 in 1992, she was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director General whose name was publicly announced on appointment. Following her retirement from MI5 in 1996, she became a nonexecutive director of Marks & Spencer and published her autobiography, Open Secret, in the United Kingdom. She is also the author of the novels: At Risk, Secret Asset, and Illegal Action. Rimington lives in London.
     
     Rosalyn Landor is an English-born television, theater, and multiple-award-winning audiobook narrator. Her television credits include Love in a Cold Climate, Rumpole of the Bailey, Sherlock Holmes, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has won numerous Audie awards and AudioFile magazine Earphones awards.
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With her debut novel, At Risk, Stella Rimington introduced us to Liz Carlyle–a smart, impassioned MI5 intelligence officer whose talents and ambitions are counterbalanced by an abiding awareness of her job’s moral complexities. In SECRET ASSET, we are plunged back into her high-stakes, high-tension world.
Liz has always been particularly skilled at “assessing people,” and trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work at an Islamic bookshop. But when her boss, Charles Wetherby, suddenly takes her off the case, she’s shocked to hear why: Wetherby has received a tip-off that a mole is at work in one of the branches of British Intelligence.
As her colleagues work to avert an impending terrorist strike, Liz is charged with the momentous task of uncovering and exposing the mole before it’s too late.

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   • source: David Pitt, Booklist
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     "Fast-moving . . . Rimington continues to deliver on the promise of spy fiction written not only by a former spy but also by the head of British intelligence. This is a smartly constructed, sharply written thriller that exudes realism and a professional's eye for detail . . . Rimington also proves adept at building characters and constructing plots."

2. • premium: False
   • source: Publishers Weekly
   • content: "Those interested in old school British intelligence thrillers will find much to like in the smart, enterprising Carlyle . . . Much is made of the authenticity of Rimington's tradecraft (she was the first female head of MI5 in real life), and rightly so."
3. • premium: False
   • source: Kirkus Reviews
   • content: "[Secret Asset has] whiplash control of momentum that raises your pulse a heartbeat at a time until the climax."
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   • source: Library Journal
   • content: "The author makes effective use of her professional knowledge . . . The ingenious plot entwines strands of Irish Republican Army leftovers, disaffected spies, and Islamic terrorists . . . Rimington's sense of place is strong."
5. • premium: False
   • source: Mail on Sunday
   • content: Praise for At Risk:
     "This is something very rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication."
6. • premium: False
   • source: Cosmopolitan
   • content: "Tense and terrifying."
7. • premium: False
   • source: Lynn Barber, Observer
   • content: "A cracking good thriller"
8. • premium: False
   • source: Guardian
   • content: "Intelligent -- Undeniably pacy"
9. • premium: False
   • source: Sunday Times
   • content: "Rimington makes adroit use of her expertise as former MI5 chief"
10. • premium: False
    • source: Evening Standard
    • content: "The Secret Service background is exceedingly convincing"
11. • premium: False
    • source: Douglas Hurd, New Statesman
    • content: "First class"
12. • premium: False
    • source: Guardian
    • content: Praise for Stella Rimington's autobiography Open Secret:
      "The story of MI5's transformation is fascinating. So too is Rimington's account of her rise in what was very definitely a man's world."
13. • premium: False
    • source: Independent on Sunday
    • content: "She writes in a refreshingly self-deprecating style of juggling the roles of single parent and chief 'spook'."
14. • premium: False
    • source: Time Out
    • content: "Open Secret is a fascinating account not only of Stella Rimington's various roles in the evolving Security Services, but also of the strains on a single mother as she struggles to compartmentalize a life that is necessarily unpredictable, stressful and shrouded in secrecy."
15. • premium: True
    • source:
    • content: British intelligence officer Liz Carlyle's return to duty starts off at a fast pace when she's alerted that a terrorist cell is centered around a local bookstore. As evidence of an impending attack unfolds, she's surprised to be taken off the task force and diverted to what appears to be an unrelated search for a mole at the agency. Rosalyn Landor's narration is fast-paced, even, and suspenseful. She draws out the contrast between day-to-day concerns and the high-stakes effort to gather information needed to prevent the attack. She gives away nothing of the ultimate relationships between the characters, thereby enhancing this compelling mystery. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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      June 4, 2007
      How smart of Random House Audio to hire as a reader noted British stage and television actress Fielding, whose prowess brings to life Rimington's own stint as director of the British spy outfit called MI5. (If Remington were brought to the screen, Judi Dench would play her as she plays M in the recent James Bond movies.) With perfect British reserve, Fielding catches the hard-driving Liz Carlyle-Rimington's alter ego-without sacrificing any of Carlyle's energy or excitement. Fielding does the same cool job on all the other characters, from an Islamic bookseller nicknamed Marzipan (no jokes about him being a sweet guy: he's not) to Liz's young assistant, Peggy Kinsolving. This well-edited abridgment cleverly removes some of the book's talkier sections. The result is a perfect choice for listeners who love political thrillers but have only a limited time to enjoy them. A simultaneous release with the Knopf hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 30).

17. • premium: True
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      April 30, 2007
      After four months’ convalescent leave, MI5 spy Liz Carlyle, returning from her debut in Rimington’s At Risk, confers with her agent Marzipan, an Islamic bookshop clerk who has discovered a probable terror plot in the making. Soon after, Liz is charged with finding an IRA mole within the ranks of MI5. With the aid of fresh-faced co-worker Peggy Kinsolving, Liz goes about the task of ferreting out the mole, despite disappointment at being taken off the terror case, which she can’t quite let go—with, it turns out, good reason. Much is made of the authenticity of Rimington’s tradecraft (she was the first female head of MI5 in real life), and rightly so. But lots of writers get the details right, and for many readers, Rimington’s ratio of action to personal detail will seem skewed: every character, no matter how minor, gets heavily profiled, and it slows things down. Still, those interested in old school British intelligence thrillers will find much to like in the smart, enterprising Carlyle.

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Liz has always been particularly skilled at “assessing people,” and trusts her instinct that a terrorist cell is at work at an Islamic bookshop. But when her boss, Charles Wetherby, suddenly takes her off the case, she’s shocked to hear why: Wetherby has received a tip-off that a mole is at work in one of the branches of British Intelligence.
As her colleagues work to avert an impending terrorist strike, Liz is charged with the momentous task of uncovering and exposing the mole before it’s too late.

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