Spy in Chancery is a highly intelligent Cold-War-era
espionage thriller set in Rome in the 1970´s where intelligence tricks such as, pseudonyms, dead letter-boxes, and secret passwords
were used along with a great number of code breaking technologies.
Peter Craig is an undercover policeman who is called in by
the Secret Security Service (S.3) to help them find a KGB spy somewhere in the
British Embassy, as one of their MI6 agents has just been murdered. Craig has
no connection with the Intelligence Service or with BX.32´8s activities and the
S.3 supply him with the perfect cover story on his mission to Rome where he is
expected to attend an Interpol meeting that will last for two weeks and also carry
out a security inspection at the British Embassy. After a short briefing on his
forthcoming mission Craig arrives in Rome where he meets another security agent
who will help him along with Sir Watkyn (Ambassador of the English Embassy) who
is keen to find out which member of his staff is the traitor, despite the fact
that he has a great dislike for the spy business. Craig soon begins to narrow down a list of
possible suspects and has them followed in an attempt to gather evidence against
them and eventually discovers a breakthrough that will give him an advantage
and keep him one step ahead of the spy, unaware he may be risking more than his
own life and the lives of more innocent people in this complicated game of
high-level politics, covert missions and secret agency cover ups.
In summary, “Spy and Chancery” is an exceptionally well
written espionage thriller with a number of un-predictable twist and turns that
will leave the reader turning those pages well in to the night to discover what
happens to these wonderfully strong, well-developed and likable characters’
This is the first book I have read in the Kenneth Benton Spy
Series and can honestly say I am hooked and cannot wait to read more of this
late authors work.
My Ranking: 5 Stars
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