Fast, furious and totally addictive…
– The Chase by Ava Glass
The Chase by Ava Glass is OUT TODAY with Penguin and is a thriller that has already been optioned for TV by the production company behind the smash hit The Night Manager (starring Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Coleman).
Leading writers from James Patterson to Anthony Horowitz are all giving it the thumbs up, with Ava Glass being described as ‘a massive new talent in British fiction…storytelling is complex and finely crafted, combining twisting plotlines, intelligent dialogue and ambiguous characters, all skilfully brought together in an epic climax. Never before has spy fiction been so nail-bitingly real’
I am delighted to bring you all details about The Chase today, including the book trailer for a book that has been described as ‘James Bond for the 21st century…Ava Glass’s feisty female led spy novel is fast, furious, and totally addictive.
[ About The Chase ]
In this breakneck, race-against-the-clock thriller, a female British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London while being pursued through the streets of London by Russian intelligence. Can she make it without being spotted . . . or killed?
A freshly-minted secret agent, Emma Makepeace has barely graduated from basic training when she gets the call for her first major assignment. Eager to serve her country and prove her worth, she dives in head first.
Emma must covertly travel across the world’s most watched city to bring the reluctant adult son of Russian dissidents into protective custody, so long as the assassins from the tracking him down don’t get to him first. With London’s famous Ring of Steel hacked by the Russian government, the two must cross the city without being seen by the hundreds of thousands of CCTV cameras that document every inch of the city’s streets, alleys, and gutters.
The underground, buses, trains and cars, are completely out of the question. Traveling on foot, with no phone or bank cards, Emma and her charge have twelve hours to make it to safety. This will take all of Emma’s skills of disguise and subterfuge. But when Emma’s handler goes dark, there’s no one left to trust. Just one wrong move could get them both killed and the clock is ticking…
James Patterson – “a worthy heir to the James Bond mantle”
Purchase Link – The Chase
[ Bio ]
Ava Glass is a former civil servient with the highest security clearance bar one. She has seen just enough of the inner workings of espionage to ensure that she will always be fascinated by spies. This is the first novel in the Alias Emma series.
Twitter ~ @AvaGlassBooks
Already a bestseller in the USA, The Chase has garnered a huge raft of fans, with recent USA media including:
‘A fast-paced thriller in the spirit of Ian Fleming, with a very modern twist.’ Washington Post
‘A high-octane, warp-speed thriller’ Guardian USA
Forget James Bond. We’re waiting to see who’s cast in the Ava Glass movie that is destined to be made.’ E! Online
‘Pure candy for those who love a good spy story. A novel you’ll struggle to put down.’ Amazon Books of the Month
‘Superb … Intense, cinematic action propels this terrific old-fashioned thriller.’ Publishers Weekly
‘An adrenaline-fueled tour of clandestine London. Perfect for a single-sitting read.’ Library Journal
I loved this one when I read the ebook last year. They’ve changed the name from Alias Emma for the paperback release. x
It sounds a fast-paced, fun read. I do think The Chase is a better name x