About this Event
Join us to meet bestselling author David McCloskey, whose latest espionage thriller is LONDON STATION.
Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Georgetown
3040 M St NW | 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20007
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Artemis Procter returns in David McCloskey’s electrifying new spy thriller, where London has devolved into a covert battleground between British and American intelligence services.
A new US administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA director skeptical of old alliances and determined to disrupt the Agency. When the axe falls on the chief of London Station, the agency veteran decides to spy for the Brits--a betrayal uncovered by his replacement, Artemis Aphrodite Procter. Caught between a turncoat spymaster and a ruthless new boss back at Langley, Procter must now navigate a tense environment as old friends become adversaries, and no one knows whom to trust.
Adding to the chaos is a new breed of private intelligence agency: a secretive and powerful company run by a reclusive billionaire with a very different agenda than the two old allies who are suddenly at each other’s throats.
When assets begin dying, Procter and her team in London Station must find out who is leaking the sources’ identities--and why--before both agencies go blind. Soon they will have to decide whether loyalty to the Mission means disobeying the Agency they serve. Immersing readers in the technological revolution upending intelligence tradecraft, London Station explores the changing nature of the spy business and what happens when politics threaten to destroy the special relationship between America and Britain.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David McCloskey is the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Seventh Floor, Moscow X, and Damascus Station. He is co-host of the podcast “The Rest is Classified.”
A former CIA analyst and consultant at McKinsey & Company, David wrote regularly for the President’s Daily Brief, delivered classified testimony to Congressional oversight committees, and briefed senior White House officials, Ambassadors, military officials, and Arab royalty.
He worked in CIA field stations across the Middle East throughout the Arab Spring and conducted a rotation in the Counterterrorism Center focused on the jihad in Syria and Iraq. During his time at McKinsey, David advised national security, aerospace, and transportation clients on a range of strategic and operational issues.
David holds an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, where he specialized in energy policy and the Middle East. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.
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PRAISE FOR LONDON STATION
"Fully immersive and brimming with insider knowledge, London Station is the leader in the clubhouse for this year's most authentic espionage thriller. David McCloskey has crafted a propulsive, thought-provoking novel, using his firsthand experience to infuse every page with a level of realism few authors can match."--Steven Netter, The Best Thriller Books
"Not just McCloskey’s best book by far, it is the best spy novel I have ever read: brilliantly written and plotted."--Antony Beevor
Event venue & nearby stays
Barnes & Noble Georgetown, 3040 M Street Northwest, Washington, United States
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