LIZ CARLYLE
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Full Name: |
Liz Carlyle |
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British |
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MI-5 |
Occupation |
Agent |
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Creator: |
Stella Rimington
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Time Span: |
2004 - 2018 |
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ABOUT THE SERIES
Liz Carlyle is an agent of MI-5.
As the series begins, she has worked for the department for over ten years, having started there just out of school. She is in her mid 30's, single, and getting just a little bored with her routine. She finds small ways to color her life, starting with the clothes she chooses to wear to work. While not technically against the bureau's dress code, the bright colors and odd combinations press the issue and signify her individuality in the otherwise drab corridors of Thames House. This modicrum of rebellious behavior extends to her sometime relationship with a married man, a man whose spontaneity she enjoyed but whom, she admitted, she didn't love. Since her relationship was secret and certain to go nowhere, she routinely had to listen to her mother strive to find a good date for her.
Less than a year before the first book, she had asked for and received a transfer to the Joint Counter-Terror group and as such she attended routinely the meetings between her bureau, MI-6, and the Special Branch, not to mention the Home Office and the Foreign Office when they felt interested. Her normal duties included analysing the international comings and goings of people of interest and information brought her division from a small cadre of informants and undercover operatives. Not the least of her job was studying any and all intelligence to get glimmers of possible dangers to the country.
As the series progresses, she moves yet again in her career, this time to the Counter-Espionage group where she takes on the job of watching for spies. This had been the primary focus of MI-5 for several decades until the rise of terrorism took much of the attention. While that danger still remains the strongest threat, the recent rise in enemy agents has forced a return to their original mandate and Carlyle is one of their best agents.
BOOKS
Number of Books: | 10 |
First Appearance: | 2004 |
Last Appearance: | 2018 |
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At Risk
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2004
When warned by the CIA that a terrorist attack In Britain would be done by an "invisible", a citizen who blends in so well as to be hidden, Liz Carlyle must trust her instincts to ferret out the would-be killer.
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Secret Asset
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2006
While investigating possible Islamic terrorist activity, Liz Carlyle is pulled off to delve into the possibility of a mole in MI-5.
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Illegal Action
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2007
Liz Carlyle has moved to the counter-espionage unit of MI-5 where her assignment is to find out who are the assassins sent to kill an ex-patriate Russian who has angered Putin.
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Dead Line
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2008
When MI-6 learns of a plot to disrupt a Middle East peace conference in Scotland, it is up to Liz Carlyle and her team at MI-5 to provide the security.
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Present Danger
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2009
Recently sent to Northern Ireland where she is put in charge of a team of agents, she must contend with die-hard Republican forces who never accepted the cease-fire and want to destroy the fragile peace, this time wil renewed help from an American
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Rip Tide
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2011
Liz Carlyle is to find out why a British Muslim would head to Somalia to join pirates and why those pirates are specializing in attacks on NGO charity works.
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The Geneva Trap
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2012
Something caused a US satellite to fall to Earth, putting the Intelligence community into a panic. A Russian intel officer claims he has vital information but he will only talk with Liz Carlyle.
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Close Call
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2014
Selling arms to Yemen is in violation of UN embargoes but someone is making a fortune doing just that and evidence points to that person being a British citizen. Liz Carlyle and people investigate.
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Breaking Cover
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2016
Liz Carlyle and team learn that a Russian spy is in England to conduct a mission which, if it succeeds, will push the UK into a new Cold War. They must find and stop him, all the while operating under public scrutiny enhanced by the Snowden revelations.
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The Moscow Sleepers
Written by Stella Rimington
Copyright: 2018
When a stranger shows up to visit a dying Russian immigrant in Vermont, it sounds alarm bells that get heard by Liz Carlyle over in London's MI-5. Investigating she comes across a plot by the Russians to destabilize the German government.
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GRADE
My Grade: A
Your Average Grade: A+
YOUR OPINIONS
mhyoung
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A+
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9/21/2014 6:28:17 AM
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I read three of these I think. Couldn't warm up to Liz - She doesn't really do very much and isn't much of a hero. I stopped reading them right after she got herself locked in a basement and missed the climatic shootout. How can you get behind a spy who gets locked the basement?!
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