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Set in the endgame of the Cold War, The Madness of July is an instant classic an explosive, brilliantly written spy novel, by an author who has spent his life in the halls of power.The Madness of July is set in the late 1970s, and takes place during six sweltering days in the month that gives the book its title. Will Flemyng was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines, but now he is in politicsand rising to the top. But when a bizarre death starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of his government, Will is drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in interlocking mysteries he must disentangleincluding a potentially lethal family secretFlemyng faces his vulnerability and learns, through betrayal and tragedy, more truth about his world than he has ever known.



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