The Repurposed Spy

by Oliver Dowson

Spy thrillers may not be your usual choice for a book – but Ronald Jones, the anti-hero in Oliver Dowson’s book ‘The Repurposed Spy’, is not your usual spy. He doesn’t work for MI5, SIS or the KGB. He’s not quite sure who he is working for. Indeed, he never wanted to be a spy – or did he? But a spy he becomes, sent by a shady organisation on a madcap trip around South America to elicit trade and government secrets. Set just before the pandemic, in 2019, this thriller with its gripping plot and double-twisted climax will satisfy not only fans of Mick Herron, Oliver Harris and John Le Carré, but any reader who enjoys an intelligently-written and entertaining adventure story.

Full of tension, dark humour, and an intelligent and twisty plot, this is modern spy fiction at its most entertaining.

The Repurposed Spy is the first of a series. The sequel, ‘Spies on Safari’, will be published later in 2023.