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While Patrice Lumumba battles to control his country, MI6 officer Daphne Park and CIA officer Larry Devlin are secretly battling... more
Newly independent Congo is spiralling into disorder. Disorder the Communists could be quick to exploit. MI6 officer Daphne Park needs... more
When MI6 sends officer Daphne Park to help stop a communist takeover in Congo, it kickstarts one of the darkest... more
In a groundbreaking investigation into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, journalism group Bellingcat exposed previously unknown details of the Salisbury... more
As hospital medics battle to save the first victims of the Salisbury poisonings, police hunt the perpetrators. And while they're... more
In a top-secret Russian laboratory, a terrifying chemical weapon called Novichok is about to be hauled out of storage, and... more
Sergei Skripal is easing into retirement with a side hustle as a MI6 agent, and enjoying the Spanish seaside. Meanwhile,... more
When the USSR falls apart, GRU officer Sergei Skripal finds himself adrift in the new Russia, having never asked for... more
Why did Fuchs take such a huge gamble by sharing US nuclear secrets with the Soviets? Was Oppenheimer's fellow physicist... more
MI5 is closing in on Klaus Fuchs. But they can't seem to catch him in the act of spying. There’s... more