Enigma Girl (e-book) (used book) | Henry Porter | bookbook.eu

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From internationally
bestselling author who is "filling the gap left by Len Deighton and John le
Carre" (Evening Standard) comes a propulsive espionage thriller for fans
of Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, and Olen Steinhauer. Meet disgraced MI5 agent
Slim Parsons, a character who - like Lisbeth Salander - will sear your soul

Slim Parsons is all but burned.
When her last deep-cover job for MI5 ended with a life-and-death struggle on a
private jet, she went on the run from her deadly target - a conniving
businessman and money launderer codenamed "Hagfish." Now she's back at home, in hiding from her
angry bosses in the Security Service, who have accused her of being overly
violent and unsuitable for the role of an MI5 operative.

But after several months off the
grid, Slim is called back to another job - Operation Linesman - where she is
asked to infiltrate a news website Middle Kingdom whose explosive articles
clearly show that they've hacked into the most high-security government
databases. She accepts the assignment on condition that the Security Service
searches for her missing brother.

But Linesman turns out to be
anything but simple. Slim uncovers a curious connection between the Middle
Kingdom hackers and the legendary Bletchley Park codebreakers. Her new
colleagues are becoming suspicious of her intentions, and Hagfish is out for revenge
and threatening MI5 itself as it all comes together in a shocking crescendo.

And all the while she is being
watched by someone even deeper in the shadows than she is.