Winter Mirror ‘Oliver Harris is always pure quality’ Ian Rankin

<p><b>'Oliver Harris is an outstanding writer'</b> <i>The Times</i><Br><Br> <b>'One of our finest thriller writers' </b><i>Evening Standard</i></p><p><b>'Firmly in the Mick Herron class</b>' <i>Telegraph</i></p><p>Midwinter in Pyongyang.</p><p>Kane walks the streets alone: the last British diplomat left in what passes for an embassy, tasked with keeping it running after the mysterious death of his predecessor. London's instructions are simple: maintain a presence and stay out of trouble.</p><p>Then a young Korean woman disappears in Britain, and trouble comes for him.</p><p>For Kathryn Taylor, senior analyst on the MI6 North Korea desk, the vanishing of Jinhee Park initially looks like another missing tourist. But evidence soon begins to point elsewhere - to a conspiracy stretching from London through Seoul to the heart of Pyongyang.</p><p>To unravel it, she needs Kane.</p><p>As Taylor races to prevent a catastrophe in Britain, Kane is dragged through the looking glass - from the sealed world of Pyongyang to the bright chaos of Seoul - across a peninsula divided by a war that never truly ended.</p><p>And one that may be about to begin again.</p><p>A gripping literary thriller of espionage, deception and geopolitical intrigue, <i>Winter Mirror </i>confirms Oliver Harris as one of the most intelligent and compelling voices in contemporary fiction.</p><p><b>PRAISE FOR <i>THE SHAME ARCHIVE</i></b></p><p>'<b>Enthralling </b>... <b>Harris steadily cranks up the tension... What really lifts the book is the seemingly authentic portrayal of the sleazy interface where Britain's venal ruling elite meets Russian dirty money</b>' <i>Financial Times</i><Br><Br> <b>'A</b> <b>relentless thriller that deep dives into the digital battlefields where future wars will be fought</b>' <i>Irish Times</i><Br><Br> <b>Captivating and horrifying at once</b>, a completely plausible evocation of the putrid morass that is the British Establishment and its craven capitulation to Russian money... <b>Oliver Harris is squarely in the territory of the greats: Greene and le Carré but also the modern masters, Mick Herron and Adam Brookes'</b> <i>Manda Scott</i><Br><Br> <b>'A flawless political thriller: gripping, smart and hugely enjoyable</b>'<i> Charlotte Philby</i></p>