Dark Arena

The Frenchman Returns

De: Jack Beaumont

Narrado por: Victor Bevine

A high-stakes thriller that could be ripped from today’s headlines—from the bestselling author of The Frenchman.

Alec de Payns, espionage operative of the Y Division of the DGSE, France’s famed foreign intelligence service, is tasked with tracking down an agent of influence sending highly classified material against the Kremlin to embassies all over Europe.

A deadly conspiracy is aligning the West against Russia. But who is behind it? And to what end?

The clues lead to a secret meeting of businessmen, terrorists, and mercenaries on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean, which de Payns must infiltrate. What he discovers sets off a Europe-wide manhunt in a desperate scramble to prevent an international catastrophe.

Former DGSE spy Jack Beaumont’s Dark Arena is another chillingly plausible thriller delivering all the taut plotting, superb action, and authentic spycraft that made The Frenchman a critically acclaimed bestseller.

©2024 Jack Beaumont (P)2024 Blackstone Publishing

Thrilling and compelling story!

Great story, characters and overall experience! 5 stars! Strongly recomend for fans of spy stories and DGSE. Wish it was available in french as well.

Great detail with a good story line

This book is the second i have read from this author and they have both been excellent.

Wow..Just…wow

One of the best spy novels I’ve read/listened to. Combine Beaumont’s on-point tradecraft+emotional element of character experiences+character development+gripping plot has cultivated into one of the most realistic, thought provoking, and entertaining works in the genre.

My only hesitation on 5 stars all around is because I feel the performance could have been better. He wasn’t bad. It’s definitely worth the listen but, I definitely don’t think it gave the story what it could be.

Jack Beaumont- wow!

Jack Beaumont is my new favorite spy novelist. Can’t wait for his next book! Great spy craft with human emotion

Engaging book read by a medicated depressive

The story is engaging, love the details of trade craft and the characters. But listening to the second book vs. the first is night and day. Where is the enunciation? It sounds like this time the narrator Bevine is medicated or profoundly depressed, slurring his words. The delivery is so flat and joyless.