About the Author

Merle Nygate is a screenwriter, script editor, screenwriting lecturer and novelist; she's worked on BAFTA winning TV, New York Festival audio drama and written original sitcoms; previously she worked for BBC Comedy Commissioning as well as writing and script editing across multiple genres. Most recently, Merle completed her first espionage novel which won the Little Brown/UEA Crime Fiction Award. It was described by the judge as 'outstanding.'

Reviews

Ambiguous, intricate and deliberately deceptive, The Righteous Spy should satisfy any true espionage enthusiast. It's the literary equivalent of a painstaking jigsaw puzzle: one where you can't see the true picture until the very last piece is in place
*Murder Mayhem and More*

There is no black and white just varying shades of grey, this is the twilight zone all good spy novels should reflect. Gripping and well written, fans of a serious spy fiction will love this
*NB Magazine*

Le Carre meets Homeland - The Righteous Spy is a must read for fans of fast paced and intelligent thrillers
*Leigh Russell, author of the million-copy selling DI Geraldine Steel series*

Intriguing and atmospheric. Merle Nygate is a writer to watch
*Charles Cumming*

A tense, compelling thriller, The Righteous Spy combines the high drama of a spy story with a clear-eyed telling of the grubby compromises and betrayals that are the reality of agents' lives. With vividly drawn characterisation and a gripping plot, I couldn't put it down
*Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange*