{"product_id":"icelight-isbn-9781848544857","title":"Icelight","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook 3 in the Peter Cotton spy thriller series, for fans of John le Carré and Robert Harris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2012 Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Aly Monroe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Splendid . . .Monroe provides terrific and convincing historical atmosphere'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Skilful and evocative . . . [a] stylish and impressive debut' \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1947. Threadbare London endures the bleakest, coldest winter for decades. Food rationing is worse than during the war. Coal supplies run out. The Thames freezes over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Against a background of black ice, blackouts and the black market, agent Peter Cotton is seconded to Operation Sea-snake. MI5 is in the grip of civil war; MI6 is riddled with traitors. Unsure who to trust - or even who is pulling the strings - Cotton, ever the outsider, must protect an atomic scientist caught up in a vicious homophobic witch-hunt, limit the damage caused by a bully-boy MP, rely on a rent-boy informer and, despite the murderous attentions of a couple of Glasgow razor boys, embark on a ruthless hunt of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Peter Cotton spy thriller series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 1: The Maze of Cadiz\u003cbr\u003eBook 2: Washington Shadow\u003cbr\u003eBook 3: Icelight\u003cbr\u003eBook 2: Black Bear\u003cbr\u003eShort story: Redeemable\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897086079205,"sku":"NP9781848544857","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_db2c4405-2521-4fba-b365-138a81b5d8a9.jpg?v=1773102875","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/icelight-isbn-9781848544857","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}