An Enemy within, a female spy is on the trial of a cache of missing missiles stolen in Ukraine – weapons also coveted by an American terrorist group that is planning a cataclysmic attack on the heart of the government. Conway takes the reader on a rip-roaring journey from the front lines of Ukraine to Turkey, Afghanistan , Britain, Florida and America’s corridor of power.

A former British army officer who has also worked clearing mines, he deploys his war-zone experience to bring a powerful sense of verisimilitude to this dark, excellent thriller. 

Amid a sinister political conspiracy with battlefield action so well drawn that the smell of cordite almost rises off the pages. Chuff is an engaging protagonist, tough brave but vulnerable – never more so that when she is attracted to the alluring but deadly Natasha, or infiltrates the fanatical American militia lurking in the fetid swamps of Florida.

The British Agent by Simon Conway, Michael Joseph £16.99.