The Seventh Floor by David McCloskey: This is the sequel to the wonderful Moscow X, which we’ve talked about on this show. It brings back the wonderful Artemis Procter, a somewhat unorthodox CIA operational chief who’s spectacularly fired after years of service when a meet up with the Russians goes wrong, and one of her agents is captured. When he reappears with news that someone on the seventh floor – the CIA executive suite – is a Russian mole, they’re determined to root them out but Artemis is persona non grata and the stakes are high. The author’s years of working for the CIA give this real insight and authenticity.

Total Control by David Baldacci. This is actually the second book he ever wrote, reissued now for an audience which may have missed it (which is entirely possible given the man’s prodigious output). It’s about Jason and Sidney – he works for a tech corporation and is up to no good, telling Sidney that he needs to travel to LA for work, but his cover story falls to pieces when the plane he was meant to be on crashes, and she believes he’s died. When he finally makes contact she discovers he’s caught up in a vast work related conspiracy which sends her on the run, desperate for their survival. 

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