Agent 6 is the third in Tom Rob Smith's trilogy about a former MGB agent, Leo Demidov. His stunning debut Child 44, set in Russia in 1953 won him the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2009. The second The Secret Speech, again set in the 1950's, was equally gripping. In Agent 6 it is 1965 and Leo Demidov has a wife and teenage daughters - but can he stop his past life destroying his current one? Three decades. Two murders. One conspiracy. Who is Agent 6?
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About Agent 6
Moscow, 1965. When Leo Demidov's worst fears are realised and a tragic murder destroys everything he loves, he demands only one thing: that he is allowed to find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family.
Moscow, 1965. When Leo Demidov's worst fears are realised and a tragic murder destroys everything he loves, he demands only one thing: that he is allowed to find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family.
Crippled by grief, his request denied, Leo sees no other option than to take matters into his own hands, even though he is thousands of miles from the crime scene.
In a thrilling story that takes us from the backstreets of 1960s New York to the mountains of Afghanistan in the '80s, Leo will stop at nothing as he hunts the one person who knows the truth: Agent 6.
‘[Agent 6 has] an improvised feel, a terrific, freewheeling energy and pace, to which Rob Smith’s no-nonsense prose is perfectly suited’ Daily Telegraph
'Smith is superb at evoking the day-to-day realities and bitter ironies of the cold war… immaculately researched sections are individually pungent and powerful' Metro
'It's an amazing story full of intrigue and espionage that you won't want to put down' Essentials
'Smith remains a brilliant depicter of the past' Sunday Times
'Tense and moving' Heat
Author
About Tom Rob Smith
Born in 1979 to a Swedish mother and an English father, Tom Rob Smith's bestselling novels in the Child 44 trilogy were international publishing sensations. Among its many honours, Child 44 won the International Thriller Writer Award for Best First Novel, the Galaxy Book Award for Best New Writer, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the inaugural Desmond Elliot Prize. Child 44 is now a major motion picture starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman.
Moscow, 1965. When Leo Demidov's worst fears are realised and a tragic murder destroys everything he loves, he demands only one thing: that he is allowed to find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family.
Agent 6 features in the following genres: Espionage and spy thriller, Books of the Month, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, CD-Audio. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. Pre-order. 31st December 2025.
Agent 6 was written by Tom Rob Smith and published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK
Agent 6 has 560 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. Pre-order. 31st December 2025.
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