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2000s: Innocent lives are at risk…but who is the real enemy ?
The Righteous Spy
What you need to know before your trail
Eli Amiram is Mossad’s star spy runner and the man responsible for bringing unparalleled intelligence to the Israeli agency. Now, he’s leading an audacious operation in the UK that feeds his ambition but threatens his conscience.
The British and the Americans have intel Mossad desperately need. To force MI6 and the CIA into sharing their priceless information, Eli and his maverick colleague Rafi undertake a risky mission to trick their allies: faking a terrorist plot on British soil.
But in the world of espionage, the game is treacherous, opaque and deadly…
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London
A lot of the novel is centered around the various spy and government agencies – Mi5 and Mi6, but there is a lot more to this setting than meets the eye…
The author says:
“I have links to the places in that I have visited them if not for a dedicated research trip for the book, but at some other time. For example, I was a picture researcher specialising in aviation and as a result went to air shows and there is an air show sequence at the end of the book. Equally, there are various drives down the M40 and a punting trip in Oxford that I’ve done so I didn’t need to do a dedicated research trip.”
“The same goes for Lords Cricket Ground and the chase through Soho. I know those areas well having lived and worked in central London. In fact, the safe house is based on a flat where I used to live in Notting Hill; the only windows opened out on to the space where the bins were kept.”
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is a city that never sleeps – never mind the historical aspects.
“Israelis are lousy drivers, they drive fast and don’t indicate; if you hire a car, keep your distance. Go to the north to the Sea of Galilee and the River Jordan. Even if you don’t have a religious bone in your body, the place where Christ was baptised is very special. Go south to the Dead Sea, there is a sense of biblical beauty in the hills and then go to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. There, write a note to God to be pushed in the cracks in the wall; tell God to bring a desperately needed just peace to everybody in the region.”
“There is a significant scene during rush hour in Tel Aviv and I needed to have a sense of the traffic, the buses and the streets. That required direct research because it was such a key scene.”
“We first meet Eli during a hot and humid commute in Israel’s capital, Tel Aviv; Eli is yearning for the grey clouds and cool air of Britain.
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Destination :Tel Aviv, London Author/Guide: Merle Nygate Departure Time: 2000s
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