"A happy partner to the work of Deighton, Archer, and le Carre... carried on craftily understated prose that approaches cold poetry... a first-class novel." (Booklist, starred review) Racing between London and Moscow, Kazakhstan and the Caymans, The Silent Oligarch reveals a sinister unexplored world where the wealthy buy the justice they want--and the silence they need. The first novel by Chris Morgan Jones--after his eleven years of work at the world's largest business intelligence agency--The Silent Oligarch introduces Benjamin Webster,...
"A happy partner to the work of Deighton, Archer, and le Carre... carried on craftily understated prose that approaches cold poetry... a first-clas...
"The novel is as much Raymond Chandler as John le Carre . . . Chris Morgan Jones has more than equaled his powerful debut." --The Observer (U.K.) A vivid and relentless tale of murderous corporate espionage, Chris Morgan Jones's The Jackal's Share follows the money through the rotten alleys of Marrakech and the shining spires of Dubai, revealing a Middle East as strange and raw as ever depicted. The story begins when Ben Webster, a London corporate investigator specializing in post-Soviet Russia, is hired by a wealthy Iranian philanthropist to clear his good name....
"The novel is as much Raymond Chandler as John le Carre . . . Chris Morgan Jones has more than equaled his powerful debut." --The Observer (...
An unlikely hero dives into the chaotic madness of Russia and Georgia's deadly covert conflict, in this rapid-fire tale of corporate espionage gone awry The acclaimed author of The Silent Oligarch and The Jackal's Share, Christopher Morgan Jones returns to a murky world where corporate spies and government agents battle far from the public eye. Focusing on Georgia, a mountainous republic threatened by Russia to the north, Morgan Jones carries readers deep into an ancient land of chilling compromises and foolhardy valor. Morgan Jones's novels center...
An unlikely hero dives into the chaotic madness of Russia and Georgia's deadly covert conflict, in this rapid-fire tale of corporate espionage gone...