Charles Yelland was leading the perfect life until a faked photograph appeared in a newspaper on the morning of his oil company's annual general meeting showing an exploration rig in Antarctica. After this, he didn't think that his world could get any worse - he was seriously wrong.
In the 1970s computers were just beginning to have an influence on the Secret Services.Quickly, too much information was coming into G.C.H.Q and things were being missed The Collation Unit was set up underground in six floors beneath some old hangars at Mannington airfield just outside Cheltenham to make connections and prioritise everything.
How would you go about finding a relative if they had gone missing abroad?For Michaela Kingdom this should have been all in a day's work. After all, she had previously been a search analyst for the CIA in London.
A businessman flies by private jet for a half-hour lunch in Doha, Qatar. This would have been no big deal except that he is the CIA’s main asset in the Middle East and, six hours later, is found dead in his villa.Michaela ‘Mike’ Kingdom was meant to be investigating something else for Leonard de Vries, her old CIA and Five Eyes boss, when he asked her to help him find the killers. She had been one of his analysts in London before the ‘accident’ that had killed her husband and damaged her leg.She told everyone many times that she didn't do fieldwork, but no one listened, not even Mike herself. Leonard told her not to worry as he had organised help in the form of another ex-CIA agent, now a Paralympian in the US basketball team.What could possibly go wrong?The Violin and Candlestick – like its predecessors, The Tip of the Iceberg and This Is Not a Pipe – is a thought-provoking and gripping story that follows Mike Kingdom as she ventures into the field once more.PRAISE FOR THE MIKE KINGDOM THRILLERS'Exceptional series.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Scotching hot!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Outstanding.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐