The Kompromat Kill by Michael Jenkins - Book Tour + Giveaway
The Kompromat Kill
They were preparing for decades – now it’s time to take them down.
When a British Diplomat is kidnapped in the heart of London, followed by a brutal double-assassination in Chelsea, MI5 braces for the threat of deep sleeper cells coming alive.
Hiding overseas with a price on his head, Sean Richardson is tasked to lead a deniable operation to hunt down and recruit an international model and spy. Moving across Asia Minor and Europe, Sean embarks on a dangerous journey tracking an Iranian spy ring who hold the keys to a set of consequences the British Intelligence Services would rather not entertain.
As Sean investigates deeper, he uncovers dark secrets from his past and a complex web of espionage spun from the hand of a global master spy. As he inches closer to the truth, the rules of the game change – and the nerve-wracking fate of many lives sits in his hands…….……..
Tense, absorbing, and insightful, The Kompromat Kill is a gripping thriller leaving
you breathless at the pace of intrigue, cleverly unravelled in a dramatic finale.
When a British Diplomat is kidnapped in the heart of London, followed by a brutal double-assassination in Chelsea, MI5 braces for the threat of deep sleeper cells coming alive.
Hiding overseas with a price on his head, Sean Richardson is tasked to lead a deniable operation to hunt down and recruit an international model and spy. Moving across Asia Minor and Europe, Sean embarks on a dangerous journey tracking an Iranian spy ring who hold the keys to a set of consequences the British Intelligence Services would rather not entertain.
As Sean investigates deeper, he uncovers dark secrets from his past and a complex web of espionage spun from the hand of a global master spy. As he inches closer to the truth, the rules of the game change – and the nerve-wracking fate of many lives sits in his hands…….……..
Tense, absorbing, and insightful, The Kompromat Kill is a gripping thriller leaving
you breathless at the pace of intrigue, cleverly unravelled in a dramatic finale.
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Excerpt
Excerpt
This is an insightful and tense scene that
involves Jack as the head of counter terrorist operations, meeting with Laura,
the Head of London station of the CIA, in a well-known London restaurant. Jack
has conjured up a plot to hand over some compromising material on a very high
level American official to Laura – ‘Kompromat.’
Jack has a dossier that he will hand over to Laura that will set the
wheels of motion to achieve two things: change the US approach to dealing with
the increasing tensions with Iran, and set the conditions for a deeply thought
out trap to tease out a traitor and murderer.
‘It
will start with a letter to Fletcher Barrington, saying that the Russian GRU
have kidnapped his best friend. Our FCO Diplomat, Edmund Duff.’
‘Who
exactly has got him then?’
‘I
have him Laura. Or at least, access to him. He’s nicely tucked up generating
all the evidence I needed - which is now in the dossier. The Russians lifted
him but I have access to the information he’s providing them.’
‘Unbelievable!
You’re a real intrigant Jack. Your mind never stops plotting eh? What’s this
all about though?’
Jack
waved at the Greek waitress. ‘All rather simple really. And hopefully
effective. Redman’s best friend is Fletcher Barrington and they have a nasty
secret they’ve vowed to keep silent. Edmund Duff knows all about the
circumstances of that incident in the Kompromat – you see, he was there too. As
was your National Security Advisor on one or two occasions. All three of them
were in it together. They now need to believe it’s the Russians who have
compiled the Kompromat, and that Duff will be killed, their nasty secret
revealed to the world and their lives in ruin if they don’t comply with the
instructions we give them. Far easier for you and me to bribe these bastards by
acting as Russians you know.’
‘Genius,
Jack. So, we play this one out as Russians then.’
‘Indeed.’
‘Nice
basket Jack. Good job.’
Jack
watched the Greek waitress place the bill on the table in front of Laura. The
bill was purposefully placed in a novel entitled Playing with the Grown-ups by Sophie Dahl. The restaurant always
presented bills to its customers in one of the hundreds of books on their
shelves.
Laura
looked across to Jack in amusement. ‘Very apt,’ she said, hardly hiding her
admiration for him. ‘A coming of age.’
Jack
nodded. ‘One chapter at a time, so to speak. We have a few to deal with now but
have a look at the fifteenth chapter.’
Laura
turned the pages to Chapter Fifteen. Then she read. It was a chapter with
encrypted instructions from Jack on how to take the Kompromat operation forward
in precise detail. He loved books and he knew Laura did too. A riddle wrapped
in a mystery, inside an enigma. A present.
Author Bio –
I started climbing at 13, survived being lost in Snowdonia at 14, nearly drowned at 15, and then joined the Army at 16. Risk and adventure was built into my DNA and I feel very fortunate to have served the majority of my working career as an intelligence officer within Defence Intelligence, and as an explosive ordnance disposal officer and military surveyor within the Corps of Royal Engineers.
I was privileged to serve for twenty-eight years in the British Army as a soldier and officer, rising through the ranks to complete my service as a major. I served across the globe on numerous military operations as well as extensive travel and adventure on many major mountaineering and exploration expeditions that I led or was involved in.
I was awarded the Geographic Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for mountain exploration in 2003 and served on the screening committee of the Mount Everest Foundation charity for many years. It was humbling after so many years of service when I was awarded the MBE for services to counter-terrorism in 2007.
The Failsafe Query is my debut novel, with The Kompromat Kill, my second.
I was privileged to serve for twenty-eight years in the British Army as a soldier and officer, rising through the ranks to complete my service as a major. I served across the globe on numerous military operations as well as extensive travel and adventure on many major mountaineering and exploration expeditions that I led or was involved in.
I was awarded the Geographic Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for mountain exploration in 2003 and served on the screening committee of the Mount Everest Foundation charity for many years. It was humbling after so many years of service when I was awarded the MBE for services to counter-terrorism in 2007.
The Failsafe Query is my debut novel, with The Kompromat Kill, my second.
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