by Adam Hall
First published 1993
Quiller arrives in Bangkok with a straightforward mission: eliminate a visitor so significant that handlers refer to the target only as "The Person." The assignment seems routine for the veteran operative. But as Quiller prepares to carry out the assassination, he uncovers a disturbing truth. His handlers have positioned him not as the hunter but as the hunted. The entire operation serves as an intricate trap, with Quiller cast as the lure. Someone wants him exposed and vulnerable in the Thai capital. Now he must navigate Bangkok's shadowy underworld while determining who orchestrated this deception and why they need him as bait. The city becomes a maze where every contact could be an enemy and every move might spring the trap tighter around him. Quiller faces a deadly puzzle where solving it may be his only path to survival.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Bangkok, Thailand
Period: 20th-century
288 pages · Paperback · Harpercollins