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London Station

David McCloskey

What if the CIA and MI6 began spying on each other? Artemis Procter returns in David McCloskey’s electrifying new spy thriller.

‘A rare combination of experience and talent’ Mick Herron

‘The best spy novel I have ever read’ Antony Beevor

What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David McCloskey’s thrilling fifth novel. A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its close relationship with their cousins across the Atlantic. Case officers, including newly installed London Chief of Station, Artemis Procter, must now navigate a tense environment as old friends become adversaries and no one knows who to trust. When agents run by both services begin dying, Procter and her team at London Station must decide whether loyalty to the Mission and their friends means disobeying the Agency they serve.

Immersing readers in the technological revolution upending intelligence tradecraft, David McCloskey’s brilliant new thriller depicts the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of how CIA and MI6 collaborate and explores what happens when politics threaten to destroy the ‘Special Relationship’ between America and Britain.

Hardback

ISBN: 9781800755765

Published: October 8, 2026

Ebook

ISBN: 9781800755789

Published: September 29, 2026

Category:
Fiction

Reviews for London Station

‘Quite literally, this is not just McCloskey’s best book by far, it is the best spy novel I have ever read: brilliantly written and plotted‘ – Antony Beevor, military historian and Sunday Times #1 bestselling author of Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921

‘Brilliant, wildly compelling, thrilling read that I couldn’t put down. One of the best thrillers I’ve ever read, propulsively realistic & prophetic. His creation Artemis is becoming a classic. David McCloskey is the top spy thrillerist of our lethal era’– Simon Sebag Montefiore

‘An immensely enjoyable and gripping read, but also an essential account – perhaps the first one – of a major shift in world politics: the end of the transatlantic alliance. Right on the nose, very funny and hugely insightful. We are lucky to have a writer of David’s quality to be the person writing it’ – Charles Beaumont

‘Artemis Procter returns, baseball bat swinging, in this pleasingly intricate tale of transatlantic tensions, double bluff black ops and gloriously technical tradecraft. With the Special Relationship in tatters and Procter in charge at London Station, spy fans will delight in this by turns hilarious and harrowing story of split loyalties, anarchic geopolitics and slow burn spying’ David Goodman

‘A real treat for all espionage fans: a stylish and clever thriller which poses the question “what if the CIA and MI6 began spying on each other” and answers it with a gripping plot featuring the welcome return of Artemis Procter. Highly recommended for all spy fiction fans and beyond‘ – Alex Gerlis, author of City of Traitors

‘McCloskey is the best spy thriller writer working today’ – Tim Shipman, Spybrary

‘A deeply researched book that tries to make sense of human intelligence gathering in an AI-driven whirligig world while shining a light on how erratic political leadership can end up pitting allies against each other . . . The new book couldn’t be appearing at a better time . . . McCloskey’s books celebrate the disappearing human factor and fashion stories of redemption fit for this anti-heroic age’ The Times

‘The spy thriller of the year’ – Daily Mail

‘Mccloskey’s hard-drinking, candy-snacking, shotguntoting CIA station chief Artemis Procter is easily the greatest creation in spy fiction since Mick Herron’s Slow Horses introduced us to Jackson Lamb. Grips like a boa constrictor‘ – Express

‘Mccloskey has rapidly established himself as the finest contemporary spy novelist … A brilliantly alarming deep dive into the interesting times in which we live’ – Daily Mail

‘A tense, funny, timely tale by a modern spy master‘ – The Sun

‘As authentic as it comes thanks to Mccloskey’s former life in the CIA, this is espionage fiction at its finest‘ – Crime Monthly

Praise for David McCloskey

‘A great spy writer’ Tim Shipman

‘The top spy writer of these wild turbulent times’ Simon Sebag Montefiore

‘One of the best – and most authentic – spy thrillers in years’ The Times on Damascus Station

Author

David McCloskey

David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst who worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White House officials and Arab royalty. His first novel, Damascus Station, was called ‘one of the best spy thrillers in years’ by The Times; his second, Moscow X, was a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year. His third, The Seventh Floor, was a Sunday Times bestseller, as was his fourth, The Persian. He is the co-host of the podcast The Rest is Classified, and lives in Texas.