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The Frenchman
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Narrated by:
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Julian Pulvermacher
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By:
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Jack Beaumont
About this listen
A gripping debut thriller based on the real-life experiences of a former French intelligence operative.
Alec De Payns is an operative in the secretive Y Division of the DGSE, France’s famed foreign intelligence service. He’s the agent at the sharp end of clandestine missions, responsible for eliminating terror threats and disrupting illegal nuclear and biological weapons programs. The element the missions have in common is danger - danger to de Payns, to his team and to those who stand in his way. But increasingly it’s not just the enemies of France that are being damaged by de Payns’ actions. His marriage is under strain, and at the back of his mind lurks the fear that haunts every operative with a family - what if they come after my children?
When a routine mission in Palermo to disrupt a terrorist organisation goes fatally wrong, Alec is forced to confront the possibility that they may have been betrayed by a fellow agent. And now he’s been tasked to investigate a secretive biological weapons facility in Pakistan. Alec must find out how they’re producing a weaponised bacteria capable of killing millions, and what they plan to do with it. But with a traitor in the ranks, it’s not just Alec in the firing line. Soon he’ll be forced to confront his worst fear - and the potential destruction of Paris itself.
This is fiction, but based on the experiences of a real French spy. The knowledge and tradecraft that lie behind Jack Beaumont’s taut plotting and brilliant eye for detail make The Frenchman all the more plausible, and all the more frightening.
©2021 Jack Beaumont (P)2021 W F HowesWhat listeners say about The Frenchman
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- Anonymous User
- 08-11-2021
Great
This was a great. When is the next book or the movie. Could not stop
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- Paul
- 07-11-2021
Fantastic book
I purchased this book after listening to an interview with the author and I was not disappointed. Great story, sometimes brutal, but always interesting with a peek into another world out out there.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-01-2024
Religious fundamentalism is a threat to secular democracy
I hadn’t read a spy novel for a long while, I loved this book because it focused on a factual problem, Terrorism. The work up of the story towards the intentional use of indiscriminate violence to create fear and terror as a means to achieve an ideological, financial, religious, or political aim is brilliant.
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- Fiona
- 30-01-2024
A cracking yarn
Absolutely loved this book. I listened to the author on “I catch Killers” Gary Jubelin’s podcast. Just brilliant. I hope he has a ton more stories to tell.
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- Christine
- 01-02-2024
Absolutely Fantastic
Well I loved it. I think it was one of the best books I’ve listened to in the last 12-months. It was an engaging, thrilling and suspenseful spy story of the 21st century. I didn’t want it to end and I am looking forward to starting the next book. Narration was terrific too
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-2024
Very impressive details
Great read. A cut above most spy stories. His personal experience shows in his many little details.
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- Allan dowman
- 29-02-2024
great book
A really good story we'll written which keeps you intrigued. I will get the authors next book
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- Anonymous User
- 15-05-2021
Excellent!
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, the characters were interesting and the storyline was riveting. Can't wait for the next one!
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- Ryan Greaves
- 16-06-2022
Fantastic
I enjoy this action packed book from start to finish. If you love spy novels this sets the high watermark. Can’t recommend high enough.
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- Kirsty
- 12-01-2024
A really good read
Fast moving, believable and all the suspense you would hope for. Great relatable characters. I’d read more from this author
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