Book description
Winner of the 2012 Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, ICELIGHT is
the third in the critically acclaimed Peter Cotton series following the
fortunes of British spy Peter Cotton as he navigates the treacherous
uncertainties of the post-war world. For all fans of John le Carre,
Robert Harris, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. 'Confirms Aly Monroe's
genius for creating tension' Daily Telegraph 1947. Threadbare London
endures the bleakest, coldest winter for decades. Food rationing is
worse than during the war. Coal supplies run out. The Thames freezes
over. Against a background of black ice, blackouts and the black market,
agent Peter Cotton is seconded to Operation Sea-snake. MI5 is in the
grip of civil war; MI6 is riddled with traitors. Unsure who to trust -
or even who is pulling the strings - Cotton, ever the outsider, must
protect an atomic scientist caught up in a vicious homophobic
witch-hunt, limit the damage caused by a bully-boy MP, rely on a
rent-boy informer and, despite the murderous attentions of a couple of
Glasgow razor boys, embark on a ruthless hunt of his own. 'Riveting
stuff' Aly Monroe was born and educated in England. Trained in
linguistics, she has lived abroad - mostly in Spain - and speaks several
languages. She is married and has three children. The first two books in
the Peter Cotton series, Maze of Cadiz and Washington Shadow are also
available from John Murray. You can find out more about Peter Cotton and
Aly Monroe via her website, www. alymonroe. com or at www. johnmurray.
co. uk, through her official facebook page at http://www. facebook.
com/Monroe. Aly, and you can follow her on Twitter at www. twitter.
com/monroe_aly
