An Agent of Deceit

London: Mantle, 2011. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a corner crease to one page) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 341 pages. Ten years ago, journalist Ben Webster had his investigation into a corrupt Russian business in Kazakhstan crushed, the cost of his scrutiny a terrible tragedy..Now employed by a private London intelligence agency, his interest is piqued when a client asks him to expose the dealings of a shadowy Russian oligarch Konstantin Malin. Before long Webster finds himself fixated by Malin and by his front man Richard Lock. But how far is he willing to risk the well-being of his family? And that of Lock himself? Meanwhile Lock finds himself under pressure to explain to the world how he - a simple lawyer - came to be one of Russia's largest investors. And when one of Malin's former proteges is found dead after meeting with Webster, he begins to realise that he too may be at risk. D4A. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.