Charles Cumming - Icarus 17
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An Evening with spy thriller bestseller
Charles Cumming
Icarus 17
Mon 27th July 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Tickets £28 from the bookshop
include welcome drink, authors talk and signed Hardback
‘An instant classic of the spy genre’ – MICK HERRON
Graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Cumming was approached by the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and used his experiences as the basis for his debut novel, A Spy By Nature. His award winning espionage fiction has now been translated into fourteen languages and his recent screenwriting credits include the critically-acclaimed adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal.
‘Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ
‘Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel’ BEN MACINTYRE
‘The rightful inheritor of John le Carré’s crown’ OBSERVER
Lachlan Kite should have left fieldwork behind by now. As director of covert intelligence agency Box 88, he’s at the apex of his espionage career. But when Martha Raine – a woman he hasn’t seen in twenty years – begs for his help, Kite finds himself back in the game, racing to avert disaster.
Kite must find Martha’s son, Max, who vanished in Athens with his girlfriend, Yasmine. But the couple aren’t just missing, they’re running for their lives. Two rival agencies are hunting them, both with orders to K*ll on sight.
Max and Yasmine are carrying a dizzying secret, one which could pull apart the foundations of the Middle East for a generation. If Kite fails to save them, the costs – both personal and professional – will be catastrophic.
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets: from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
Charles Cumming
Icarus 17
Mon 27th July 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
Tickets £28 from the bookshop
include welcome drink, authors talk and signed Hardback
‘An instant classic of the spy genre’ – MICK HERRON
Graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Cumming was approached by the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and used his experiences as the basis for his debut novel, A Spy By Nature. His award winning espionage fiction has now been translated into fourteen languages and his recent screenwriting credits include the critically-acclaimed adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal.
‘Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ
‘Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel’ BEN MACINTYRE
‘The rightful inheritor of John le Carré’s crown’ OBSERVER
Lachlan Kite should have left fieldwork behind by now. As director of covert intelligence agency Box 88, he’s at the apex of his espionage career. But when Martha Raine – a woman he hasn’t seen in twenty years – begs for his help, Kite finds himself back in the game, racing to avert disaster.
Kite must find Martha’s son, Max, who vanished in Athens with his girlfriend, Yasmine. But the couple aren’t just missing, they’re running for their lives. Two rival agencies are hunting them, both with orders to K*ll on sight.
Max and Yasmine are carrying a dizzying secret, one which could pull apart the foundations of the Middle East for a generation. If Kite fails to save them, the costs – both personal and professional – will be catastrophic.
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets: from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
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Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach,Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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