Sealed with a Death, Paperback

Still new to the top secret Overlappers intelligence team and on her first "hit" alone, Lucie Musilova has an attack of conscience and nearly botches the operation, taking a bullet wound before finishing off her target. Though her injuries are minor, she is chastized for her carelessness and assigned desk duties.

Here, she investigates a number of disappearances of European women from Britain - women all missing without trace until the body of one is discovered, raped and murdered. Lucie learns that tens of women have disappeared, all with little investigation. As she digs deeper she begins to uncover a terrifying international conspiracy that potentially threatens not just her life, but to topple governments.

James Silvester's novels, Escape to Perdition; The Prague Ultimatum; and Blood, White and Blue; reflect his love both of central Europe and the espionage genre and was met with widespread acclaim. Silvester has also written for The Prague Times and his work has been featured by Doctor Who Worldwide and travel site An Englishman in Slovakia. He lives in Manchester.