Code Black

Agent Sarah Black's personal and professional lives are on a lethal collision course in her latest mission . . . The Pelicans are spies in a special liaison unit in London. They are at once notorious, elusive, calculating and fearless . . . and as such, in high demand. Barely recovered from black ops in Sierra Leone, Sarah is given a new brief: Infiltrate a Chinese nuclear arms network by posing as a black-market uranium dealer. This new mission seems clear-cut, but nothing is straightforward in the espionage game. As Sarah throws herself into her new alias and navigates a web of secrets stretching from London to China via North Korea and Djibouti, she finds herself not just evading some of the world's most dangerous figures, but questioning the loyalty of everyone around her, even her father: his vehement opposition to a proposed citizen control app is making enemies on home turf. With nothing but her sharp instincts for reading people, her chess-playing abilities and an unexpected talent for hijacking trains, Sarah plunges into a chase across continents in pursuit of the darkest of operators. And as the lines between ally and enemy blur, Sarah must risk everything to uncover the truth . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Code Black is the third instalment of L.D. Sharpe's series of whip-smart modern spy thrillers. Perfect for fans of Mick Herron, I.S. Berry, Ava Glass and David Goodman. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Praise for L.D. Sharpe's Pelican Black thrillers: 'A terrific tale with plenty of action . . . a cracking read' - NetGalley reviewer, ????? 'A fabulously written gripping story . . . brilliant' - NetGalley reviewer, ????? 'The female lead is very well written. I loved it' - NetGalley reviewer, ????? 'Thoroughly entertaining . . .