BERLIN GAME

Published in 1983, this was the first novel in Len Deighton's Bernard Samson series. An East German agent codenamed Brahms Four wants to cross the Iron Curtain and come to the West. Samson, the former field agent now stationed in London, is tasked with the rescue, but before he even sets out on the mission, suspicions arise that there is a traitor in the MI6, likely one of his closest colleagues. The agent had once saved Bernie's life. A book about betrayal of both the personal kind and that which spies indulged in. The novel was the first in the acclaimed Game, Set, Match trilogy featuring the talented yet jaded intelligence officer. 296pp, paperback.