Cold Sunset

De: William Boyd

Brought to you by Penguin.

Cold War Moscow is a place smouldering with secrets. Gabriel Dax has been tasked with delivering a mysterious Blanco drawing to celebrated defector Kit Caldwell. But Caldwell is convinced the KGB suspects him of treachery, and he wants out now.

When Gabriel is ordered by his enigmatic handler Faith Green to help, he is pulled into a web of shifting loyalties and dangerous escape plans. As tensions rise and trust fractures, he is forced to confront the fine line between devotion and deception…
Cold Sunset, the third novel starring accidental spy Gabriel Dax, takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken and every step could be fatal, in a tautly woven mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd.

© William Boyd 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

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William Boyd once again brings to the spy novel his particular storytelling genius’ (MICK HERRON)

Boyd is one of my favourite authors – he never disappoints (KATE ATKINSON)

Boyd is always engaging, intelligent and deeply satisfying. I rate him one of our greatest living novelists (PETER JAMES)

Boyd is at the top of his game (MONTY DON)

Simply the best realistic storyteller of his generation (SEBASTIAN FAULKS)

Boyd's signature investigation of human connections is always compelling (S J BENNETT)

A master of the spy thriller (BRIAM MCGILOWAY)

Extravagantly enjoyable'

One of our most thrilling writers

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