INTELLIGENCE : OUT NOW
Was he about to recruit her into the secret service? She held her breath. Frogwoman, codebreaker, assassin, saboteur - whatever it was, she'd do it!
Oxford, 1938. Ida and Medora are two brilliant young philosophers at the heart of a group who gather in storied rooms to dance, drink and debate theories of right and wrong.
PRESS REVIEWS:
'Compellingly unputdownable, Intelligence is full of historical allusions, unforgettable characters and thrilling escapades.'
Daily Mirror
'a brilliant tale of subterfuge, hierarchy and friendship.'
The Sun
'Newman blends wit and tension in a brisk, brainy spy novel.'
i-PAPER
'Ida and Medora are two brilliant young philosophers in 1938 Oxford. Ida is a boisterous Texan, Medora — Merry — a very English Englishwoman. Both are soon drawn into the war. Ida discovers the Nazis’ secret plans to invade France — but the panjandrums of Whitehall are not interested. Ida and Merry make a crack team. Spy novels are often dark in tone. Newman, a comedian and presenter of a BBC series on philosophy, deftly draws on his intellectual hinterland to deliver a smart, witty tale with a lighter touch.'
The Financial Times
'Newman blends espionage, philosophy and a dash of hardboiled glamour in his first novel in more than a decade... a plucky page-turner with surprising heart.'
Mail On Sunday