KENNEDY 35
Crime & Thrillers, Fiction, Fiction & Poetry, Crime General
Paperback Published on: 01/08/2024
£9.99
Synopsis
The third book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert intelligence organization that operates below the radar.
Waterstones Best Espionage Thriller of the Year
Sunday Times Thriller of the Month
Financial Times Thriller of the Year
The location: West Africa
The player: 24-year-old spy Lachlan Kite
The target: A war criminal on the run
The objective: Kill or capture
Kite’s mission should be straightforward, but it soon turns into a terrifying game of cat and mouse along the beaches and backstreets of Senegal.
Now, nearly thirty years later, it seems the game isn’t over.
And unless Kite can turn the tables on his pursuers, the inner workings of the secret state could be exposed…
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008363550
- Number of pages: 336
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
Customer Reviews
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Great Author
Thank you to the publishers for the early review copy. This is the third in the series and I strongly advise you to read in order - so Box 88, then Judas 6... READ MORE
Dive back in to Kite's secret world
It’s hard to believe it’s two years since I read JUDAS 62, the second in Charles Cumming’s series about a super-secret intelligence unit. The central chara... READ MORE
Loved it!
I didn’t know that this was the third book in a series, and really wish I’d read the others first. It was a tense, exciting and educational read, but to b... READ MORE
Highly recommended spy thriller!
I’ve read the two previous books in this excellent espionage series which follows the escapades of Lachlan Kite, an officer for Box 88, a top secret spy or... READ MORE
Cracking third spy thriller in a popular series.
(This review is based on a free review .pdf from the publisher via Net Galley UK)
This is a well-written and thoroughly-researched novel about the Rwand... READ MORE
Excellent read!
The Box 88 series is definitely one of my favourite spy series!
Kennedy 35 is the third book in the series and again a brilliant read.
Lachlan Kite b... READ MORE
Brilliant Spy Fiction
5* Kennedy 35 is the 3rd in Charles Cumming’s Box 88 series, each of which would make a great stand-alone, but read in order are an absolute treat. Brillia... READ MORE
Great spy story
This was a great spy story. Lots of twists and turns and very cleverley constructed story. Need to concentrate to keep track of everyone. A tidy ending.
Kennedy 35
Another great read from this author. The book commences with the background about the genocide in Rwanda between the Hutu and Tutsi population. Lockie Ki... READ MORE
A clever plot
Not my usual genre so initially struggled with the background to this novel. With the scene set, it’s full paced into the build up to the thrills and spill... READ MORE
The best Lachlane yet
The best yet in the Lachlane Kite ('Lockie') novels by Charles Cummings. Back in 1995 Lachlane and his girlfriend Martha are sent to Senegal. Lachlane does... READ MORE
Spy Action Drama
Like good wine, Charles Cummings is improving as time goes by. His latest secret service thriller starts with a joint US UK action to apprehend one of the... READ MORE
I couldn't put this down, and stayed up late to finish it - always the sign of a cracking read for me!
As usual in my reviews I will not rehash the plot! Instead I recommend you read this for yourself if you're a fan of tense, undercover spy novels!
This ... READ MORE
Another strong book in this series
The book starts by providing a brief background history lesson on the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, in which half a million Tutsi lives were taken by Hutu mili... READ MORE
More suspense from Charles Cumming
I don’t usually read spy novels but I absolutely love the Box 88 series by Charles Cumming. He manages to make espionage sound so exciting and interesting... READ MORE
As ever, there is plenty of drama and tension as well as political intrigue.
‘Kennedy 35’ is the third tale in the Lachlan Kite spy series and Charles Cumming takes us back to the aftermath of the Rwandan massacre of the Tutsi popul... READ MORE
Excellent series
4+
Box 88#3 - Lachlan (Lockie) Kite
Box 88 is a deeply covert U.K./USA espionage group that operates well below the radar.
In 1995, 24-year-old Loc... READ MORE
A well written gripping thriller set in two time frames with three dimensional characters
A shameful period in history whilst the world stood by as the Rwanda massacre occurred when 70% of the Tutsi population were erased. Years later one of the... READ MORE
A Clever Spy Thriller
I love this series ,I have read the previous two books and was looking forward to reading Kennedy 35 and I wasn't disappointed .Set in two time lines 1995 ... READ MORE
Gripping espionage thriller
This is the first of the stories in the BOX 88 series that I have read and I am now very keen to read the others. It is a cleverly plotted, relentlessly pa... READ MORE
Reliably good
Cummings is more Ian Fleming than John Le Carre but that produces a book with lots of action and pace. The central character is ageing nicely and his backs... READ MORE
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