Conflict of Intrigues

The Marylebone Intersection

By: ML Yost

Narrated by: David Sweeney-Bear

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Ripped from the headlines, the 36-hour dash through the Marylebone Intersection in Conflict of Intrigues is a breakneck blur between real history and fictional mystery.

This gateway novel into the Intersection spy saga is a sensual psychological thriller of unconventional espionage clocking an inexplicable attraction between former intelligencers fanning a firestorm of conflicting interests that could ultimately burn more than just the two who ignited it.

An accelerating pace-setter for the offbeat, tri-trilogy Intersection series, Conflict of Intrigues is driven by the sharp-tongued wit and waggish dysfunction of catalytic characters who will keep listeners guessing and laughing.

What sparked this intersection in Marylebone?

The relentless ring from an unfamiliar number and the hushed voice on the other end….

"The microchip is back in play."

Six words. Meaningless to anyone else. To Dr. Jon Markston—former British Army Captain, now Royal Military Academy Sandhurst professor—those words are fraught with disturbing insinuations.

Hearing an unknown caller resurrect a 10-year-old operation was troubling enough. The hint of a WikiLeaks-style exposure of classified intelligence that was once in his care is thoroughly alarming. Jon had walked away from the British Army Intelligence Corp, a life of secrets, for good reason. Now, the stakes may be too high not to step back in.

But Jon is not the only one to be spooked by his old ghost.

Irish-born American executive Katherine McKenna relegated her life in the line of fire to the rearview mirror nearly a decade ago when she moved to London to take a publishing job. When an innocuous detour upends her firmly rote agenda, however, it also resurrects the haunted past she believed long buried.

The intersection—a London bookshop.

The collision—the professor and the publisher.

The impact—a conflict of intrigues.

©2022 Quondam Publishing (P)2023 Quondam Publishing

Intriguing> anxiously awaiting 2nd book in this se

Audio was easy to follow the characters !! Characters well defined . Anxiously awaiting for Book 2 in this series to be released!!!

A must-listen… again and again

Conflict of Intrigues was a fast favorite when I read the paperback, but, wow… listening to the audiobook was a whole new experience. The nuance revealed through the live voices of truly diverse characters brought new meaning and subtext to the scenes. (Ah-ha may have been muttered aloud more than once). While I've already gone back and listened a second time through, I've waited long enough for the resolution of the quasi-cliffhanger at the end (and now have a few new curiosities), so Desert Storm Warning is my next read for sure.

Unforgettable characters just got even better

I was an instant fan of Conflict of Intrigues' quirky ensemble of characters when I read this book last year, so hearing them brought to life in audio was brilliant. I also figured the audiobook would be a quick plot refresher before picking up the second book (Desert Storm Warning) but was amazed at how quickly I was drawn back into the first storyline again (and how many of the little clues I'd missed the first time around). If you listen in a public setting, be prepared to make apologies to the people around you--unexpected blurts of laughter are a given for any scene where Major Harold MacAlister makes an appearance. Excited to dive into the pages of book two now, but also eager to pick up the audiobook version whenever it comes out.