{"product_id":"the-seventh-floor-sunday-times-bestseller-from-author-of-damascus-station-and-co-host-of-hit-podcast-the-rest-is-classified-9781800754003","title":"The Seventh Floor: Sunday Times Bestseller From Author of DAMASCUS STATION and co-host of hit podcast THE REST IS CLASSIFIED","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll your life you're CIA. Then you're not. The thrilling new novel from bestselling author and former CIA analyst, David McCloskey.\u003c\/p\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eTHE TIMES BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A rare combination of experience and talent' Mick Herron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His best yet ... Superb, addictively suspenseful, its politics and tradecraft coolly accurate, scary, intricate and complex ... The new maestro of espionage thrillers' Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A John le Carré level game of cat and mouse. It could have only been written by someone like David McCloskey, who has an insider's sharp angle' David Baldacci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This enthralling read cements McCloskey's place in the first division of spy writers' Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Terrific espionage series' New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THIRD NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER, THE REST IS CLASSIFIED PODCAST CO-HOST AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION ('One of the best spy thrillers in years' THE TIMES) AND ***SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** MOSCOW X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOURTH NOVEL THE PERSIAN AVAILABLE NOW TO PRE-ORDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALL YOUR LIFE YOU'RE CIA. \u003cbr\u003eTHEN YOU'RE NOT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Russian arrives in Singapore with a secret to sell. When the Russian is killed and Sam Joseph, the CIA officer dispatched for the meet, goes missing, Artemis Procter is made a scapegoat and run out of the service. Traded back in a spy swap, Sam appears at Procter's central Florida doorstep months later with an explosive secret: there is a Russian mole hidden deep within the upper reaches of CIA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Procter and Sam investigate, they arrive at a shortlist of suspects made up of both Procter's closest friends and fiercest enemies. The hunt soon requires Procter to dredge up her own checkered past in service of CIA, placing her and Sam into the sights of a savvy Russian spymaster who will protect Moscow's mole in Langley at all costs, even if it means wreaking bloody havoc across the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBouncing between the corridors of Langley and the Kremlin, the thrilling new novel by David McCloskey explores the nature of friendship in a faithless business, and what it means to love a place that does not love you back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****FIVE STAR READER REVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Great spy thriller that is absolutely riveting in its intensity'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'David McCloskey's novels are only getting better'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best yet ... Hard to put down'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Best work to date! No shortage of intrigue, twists, characters that are real, written by someone in the know'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thoroughly exciting read which had me dashing to its conclusion'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781800754003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 30 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Swift Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eDavid McCloskey is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey \u0026amp; Company. While at the CIA, he worked in field stations across the Middle East and briefed senior White House officials and Arab royalty. 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