{"product_id":"night-heron-paperback","title":"Night Heron - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Brookes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in China, and ripped from today's headlines, comes a pulse-pounding debut that reinvents the spy thriller for the 21st century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lone man, Peanut, escapes a labor camp in the dead of night, fleeing across the winter desert of north-west China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo decades earlier, he was a spy for the British; now Peanut must disappear on Beijing's surveillance-blanketed streets. Desperate and ruthless, he reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via crusading journalist Philip Mangan, offering military secrets in return for extraction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the secrets prove more valuable than Peanut or Mangan could ever have known. . . and not only to the British.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Brookes\u003c\/b\u003e was for many years a journalist and foreign correspondent for BBC News. He reported from China, Indonesia, the US and many other countries, Iraq and Afghanistan among them. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eNight Heron\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for the 2014 CWA John Creasey Dagger and appeared on best of the year lists in the TLS, Kirkus and NPR; its follow-up \u003ci\u003eSpy Games\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. \u003ci\u003eThe Spy's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is his third novel. He lives with his family in Takoma Park, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762332336416,"sku":"9780316399845","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ea0f114e137822acaa88d93ac9f30e4.webp?v=1780219748","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/night-heron-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}