Name: David Goodman: A Reluctant Spy
Start: 2024-09-12T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-12T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Blackwell's Bookshop

Join David Goodman for the launch of his debut novel, A Reluctant Spy
About this Event

RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN.

Join debut author on Thursday 12th September at 7pm as we celebrate the launch of his edge-of-your-seat tale of mercenaries, greed, corruption, and espionage, A Reluctant Spy. David will be in-conversation with Nicholas Binge, bestselling author of .
Jamie Tulloch is a successful exec at a top tech company, a long way from the tough upbringing that drove him to rise so far and so quickly.
But he has a secret…since the age of 23, he’s had a helping hand from the Legend Programme, a secret intelligence effort to prepare impenetrable backstories for undercover agents. Real people, living real lives, willing to hand over their identities for a few weeks in return for a helping hand with plum jobs, influence and access.
When his tap on the shoulder finally comes, it’s swiftly followed by the thud of a body. Arriving at a French airport ready to hand over his identity, Jamie finds his primary contact dead, the agent who’s supposed to step into his life AWOL and his options for escape non-existent.
Pitched into a deadly mission on hostile territory, Jamie must contend with a rogue Russian general, arms dealers, elite hackers, CIA tac-ops and the discovery of a brewing plan for war. Dangerously out of his depth, he must convince his sceptical mission handler he can do the job of a trained field agent while using his own life story as convincing cover.
Can Jamie play himself well enough to avoid being killed – and to avert a lethal global conflict?
‘I was on the edge of my seat the whole time’ ANTONY JOHNSTON
‘A rip-roaring page-turning keep-you-up-all-night thriller’ NICHOLAS BINGE, author of ASCENSION
‘Smart, riveting, and eerily prescient’ SUNYI DEAN,Sunday TimesBestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
‘A pulse-pounding, twisting thrill-a-minute read that Slow Horses fans are going to absolutely love’ ADAM SIMCOX

David Goodman is an author of espionage and speculative fiction. He lives in East Lothian, Scotland with his family.

Doors: 6.30pm, event starts: 7pm, please arrive early to secure a good seat.

Tickets are £3 and there is a Ticket & Book option which includes a signed copy of A Reluctant Spy.

The bookshop has level access, events are seated and speakers use microphones. If you have any concerns about accessibility, please do get in touch and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Refunds are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, we are unable to offer a refund after the event.

For more information or if you would like a signed copy because you can't make it to the event, please contact the Blackwell's events team on 0131 622 8222 or [email protected]