Ted Allbeury gained renown for his espionage novels, drawing deeply from his experiences as a lieutenant-colonel in the Intelligence Corps during World War II. His narratives are characterized by gripping plots and insightful explorations into the psychology of characters and the intricacies of covert operations. Beyond thrillers, he also ventured into general fiction and short stories, delving into themes of betrayal and human connection. Allbeury's skillful portrayal of complex moral dilemmas cements his significance as a distinctive voice in spy fiction.
'[The] novel has seeming prescience, but what actually makes it worth reading are the rounded characters and ingenious plot that never breaks free of plausibility. The very things in fact, that are missing from the saga of President Trump's victory.' - Jake Kerridge, Telegraph
SIS officer James Boyd has just been given the most dangerous assignment of his the MKULTRA case. An obscure cocktail of mind-altering drugs, MKULTRA is being used by the mafia to hypnotise its unwitting accomplices in murder, theft and espionage. But nobody had foreseen the devastating effects the drug would have on these people, who are effectively treated like laboratory mice in the deadly games played by the mob. Now, for the sake of the Service, and for the innocent people caught up in this mess, Boyd is determined to seek out the perpetrators and see that justice is done.
John Rennie is an uncompromising, principled man. When his Intelligence superiors order him to lie, to pervert, to execute, he does it because his country's security demands it. When his wife is unfaithful, he divorces her. No hesitation, no qualms or questions. Because Rennie is a man who wants to sleep soundly at night . . . Until one assignment goes horribly wrong.
In this thriller three groups of men in England, America and Germany challenge the irresponsible power of popular journalists, and unleash instead a more sinister enemy of freedom.
Ted Allbeury, the British master of espionage, presents a modern-day spy tale that begins with the "lantern network" of the French Resistance during World War II. "Simple, unaffected, flowing with a calm certainty".--New York Times Book Review.
Did Winston Churchill betray the SOE network codenamed "Scorpio" to appease Joseph Stalin? MI6 officer Harry Chapman, ordered to provide an explanation, begins his investigation, but finds the records were destroyed and the one person who knew the truth is dead. By the author of "Deep Purple".
Publication January 1989 "A Wilderness of Mirrors" weaves together the worlds of the spy and the psychic, of the CIA, British Intelligence and the kidnap of the daughter of an East German research neurologist. Ted Allbeury's recent novels have been bestsellers and three have been turned into radio serials. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Richter's wartime mission in England was dangerous, but he survived. After the war he returned to Germany to start a new life, safe from every threat except one, the cruellest of all; coincidence. And when Richter got into trouble, there was only one man with a chance of getting him out. A man he had not seen in years and whom he never expected to see again...
Philby wants to come back — why? After years behind the Iron Curtain Philby wants to return to his homeland. John Powell, the youngest member of the Milord Committee that monitors Philby's every move, is assigned the task of finding out why. Is it an old man's whim, or a carefully planned KGB operation? To find out Powell must journey into the labyrinth of a man's legendary past, sifting through every rumour, every plot, every shadowy alliance, until the journey leads him into the darkest and most dangerious recesses of them all, the heart and mind and motivation of the man himself — Kim Philby.