‘Very good and very intelligent, spy and political fiction. Plot, pace, suspense and set-piece action without flaw’ – Independent The City of London is Britain’s financial beating heart and a nest of gossip, intrigue and greed. The Government has always been powerless to control its activities. But when a sinister foreign company looks set to take over one of Britain’s oldest banks, which in turn controls government secrets, Colonel Russell’s Security Executive is faced with a dilemma – to watch, wait and let the free market operate, or to act and cross the invisible line into the Arena . . . Written fifty years ago, William Haggard’s remarkable City of London thriller is as relevant to today’s financial sector as it was in the Sixties. The Arena is the third in William Haggard’s Colonel Russell series of hugely acclaimed Cold War thrillers – now available in digital version for the first time. For fans of Ian Fleming, John le Carre, Charles Cumming and Frederick Forsyth. Praise for William Haggard’s Colonel Russell ‘Here at last we have an adult Ian Fleming’ – Sunday Express ‘Could hardly be bettered in its chosen field’ – New Statesman Authentic and alarming. Fulfils one’s worst apprehensions about big-business morality. Warmly recommended’ – Sunday Telegraph ‘Utterly compelling. . . like reading a Bond from M’s viewpoint’ – HF magazine

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