Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9781405987608
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
- Weight: 281g
- Languages: English
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A fast paced thriller
A blistering fast paced thriller which will keep you on the edge of your seat. A very small team of three take on an international, Chinese funded, terrori... READ MORE
A fast-moving and complex thriller.
"Octagon" opens in Turkey, where a stolen shipment of weapons-grade uranium makes a long journey across Europe. Shortly after, we meet former MI6 handler ... READ MORE
Spy thriller
Stella set up her agency after being discharged from MI6. An old comrade from the service cotacts her using a code indicating duress. They meet and he war... READ MORE
Such a good action thriller
What a brilliant book full of action! I read it on a holiday, and I truly hope it’ll be made into a movie as I’m sure a lot of people would enjoy watching ... READ MORE
Great fun if you don’t mind a few clichés
Let’s start with the positives: Octagon is a high octane, supercharged, frequently kinetic action/thriller with a pair of lead characters who tick off all ... READ MORE
A thrilling read
Octagon is exactly my kind of read. It has everything I like - good writing, an all to believeable plot line in todays world and plenty of action, thrills ... READ MORE
Spy Thriller.
Stella McRae had left MI6 and had set up her own private intelligence company, and Hoss was her only employee. She is contacted by an old Secret Service fr... READ MORE
Clever, intriguing political thriller.
A deathbed confession sets the scene for this compelling, gritty political thriller. Stella, a former MI6 operative now in the private sector, receives a c... READ MORE
Octagon Review
Stella McRae, an ex-MI6 agent now running her own private intelligence company, is contacted by an old friend from the Secret Service about an imminent ter... READ MORE
A good summer read
A fast paced spy story with Stella and Tommy, both ex MI5 and SAS racing from country to country in their attempt to unravel who is behind a major world th... READ MORE
A great Book
A very enjoyable book. It starts a bit slow but soon the pace builds up. The main characters, Stella, Tommy and Hoss, are all great having different stren... READ MORE
A Missed Opportunity
Octagon by C J Merritt had a lot of promise but unfortunately didn’t fully deliver on it.The twists and turns were fairly predictable and the characters ve... READ MORE
A terrific read
4-5 stars Uranium makes its circuitous way from its original USSR stock pile to the Turkish port of Trabzon, from here it would make its way to Tehran. How... READ MORE
A race-against-time plot
OCTAGON is an espionage thriller focused in the world of intelligence, but with its lead characters working independently rather than through a government ... READ MORE
Enjoyable and bound to keep you reading long after your planned ‘lights out.’
Let’s start with the positives: Octagon is a high octane, supercharged, frequently kinetic action/thriller with a pair of lead characters who tick off all ... READ MORE
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