Adam Brookes 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, Night Heron, 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 Spy Games was nominated for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. The Spy's Daughter is his third novel. He lives with his family in Takoma Park, Maryland.
"Night Heron is a wonderfully cinematic novel -- I felt myself
visually transported into every scene, watching the action unfold
-- that also immersed me in the sounds and smells and feel of
China, all the while telling a rich, complex espionage story. A
remarkable accomplishment."--Chris Pavone, author of international
bestseller The Expats
"Brookes, a correspondent for BBC News in Washington, DC, who was
formerly based in China, takes readers deep inside the culture and
daily routines of that country in his outstanding fiction debut...
Good chase scenes and tense dialogue, coupled with a convincing
picture of what actually happens in the corridors of power, make
Brookes a thriller writer to watch."--Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
"Fans of the international espionage genre will inhale this fast
tale in a few suspenseful breaths. Brookes uses multiple narrators
-- the spy, the engineer, the journalist, the agent, the boss --
whose conflicting alliances tell the real story."--Library
Journal
"One of the best and most compulsively readable spy-fiction debuts
in years."--Kirkus
"The must-read thriller of the year."--NPR Books
"The pace is frenetic and Brookes does a wonderful job with both
the high-tech world of cyber intelligence and survival on Beijing's
gritty, smog-smothered streets. Highly recommended."--The
Bookseller
Night Heron is a fascinating portrait of the dangerous complexities
of spying in a restricted country, the competing agendas driving
international intelligence, and China's startlingly varied social
realities.A must-read for fans of espionage and smart global
fiction in general.--Booklist (starred review)
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