The third book of the series based around the character of Kate Henderson who having undergone more trauma in her life than most people could ever believe possible is still tasked to unmask the Russian mole 'Agent Dante' thought to be at the head of The UK Government or Intelligence Service. The story moves easily through more twists and turns but the truth does become obvious before the end and the credibility that it could be this person is a little strained. Not as good as the author's previous two books but nevertheless a very acceptable read.
My thanks to the author and publishers for this ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

Kate left MI6 after her children were kidnapped and her husband defected to Moscow. There's always been suspicion of a high level mole and now the PM is threatened with being under Russian influence. He contracts Kate to conduct an out of the service investigation to clear him and she knows that there is a high risk of pointing the finger at someone close to her, even she herself is in the frame. To get the final evidence she needs she will have to go to Moscow setting up a thrilling conclusion. Fast and furious, a good read..

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for an unbiased review
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed the previous two installments in this trilogy I was really looking forward to reading this one. I'm sorry to say that it was a disappointment to me and I struggled at times to stick with it and indeed only really did because I'd read the two previous books.
Tom Bradby is a very good author but this one just didn't work for me. Sorry.

Tom Brady has recently become one of my favorite author, thanks to his excellent espionage thrillers depicting the gutsy heroine Kate. A wonderful book!

Triple Cross is the last in the trilogy by Tom Bradby, and I would think you need to read the other two to fully get to grip with the story.

Kate Henderson is asked by the Prime Minister to investigate MI6 as there is a rumour of a high ranking mole, Agent Dante and after suggesting (and clearing), in the previous book, the suggestion the Prime Minister was a Russian stooge, she is the perfect person to undertake the scrutiny needed.

On the whole, it was an OK read, I found it got very wordy, almost like a travelogue in parts, also some threads were started but not finished, ie, Prime Minister and the allegations around the Island he was supposed to have visited, and also the actions of Imogen Cooper, all seemed to be storylines in the book but they simply seemed to disappear.

I'm not sure I actually liked any of the characters at all, which makes it harder to engage with them.

I felt the book dragged on quite a lot but then the end was wrapped up in approx 10 pages, which seemed very rushed. The unmasking of Agent Dante was also not a surprise, wasn't sure there was anyone else it could have been? My kindle copy had some inconsistencies where words ran together, but I'm sure that won't happen with the printed version.

Fine for the beach but you would need all three books!

Exciting, shocking, with twists, turns, and a jaw-dropping revelation. To say more would be to spoil the book for anyone. Just read it - it as enjoyable as Tom Bradby previous novels in the trilogy.

With thanks to NetGalley and TransWorld Digital for sending me an ARC

Triple Cross is the thrilling finale to Tom Bradby’s Secret Service trilogy.

Kate is back with her husband in France but life is difficult and Kate is not sure if there is a future with her husband. He is not allowed back into the UK. Meanwhile, the PM’s position is shaky as he is facing a no-confidence vote, and a minister is trying to usurp his position. He needs to clear his name fast and believes Kate can establish who the mole is at senior level and disprove the fake news undermining his status. Where have we heard that before?

Kate is bribed by the promise that her husband will be pardoned if she can help the PM. It soon appears that there are 3 people in the frame as the mole: ex Spy chief Sir Alan, current “C” Ian and even Kate herself. Who can Kate trust? The plot develops well as Kate follows up leads in Istanbul and Moscow. The tension builds as she narrows down her search but interference at the top-level makes the task difficult and risky. In a final attempt, Kate and her team undertake a mission in Russia to extract their own mole in Moscow and discover information that will reveal the senior mole in the UK. The mission goes wrong and there is a mad dash to the border with her husband. By now you are page-turning as fast as the car chase. The information recovered is critical and reveals the identity of the UK mole – needless to say, you will not see it coming!

The story is very topical with “familiar” events in the UK and the wider world; like an intriguing visit of our PM to an Epstein-like paedophile’s island. Kate is not James Bond although she has her fair share of bed-hopping. In fact, she is more Smiley than Bond. The strategy and tactics of the spies are intriguingly written but the mores of spies and politicians are more worrying! Bearing in mind Tom Bradby’s access to this world, it is probably accurate!

I did not think the extensive travelogues of Istanbul and Moscow were necessary, but thoroughly enjoyed this well-paced thriller.

I really enjoyed this fast paced spy thriller. I have read the first Kate Henderson story and enjoyed that one. This one could stand alone but it was good to have the background.
It is interesting and fast with a range of characters in the work and domestic settings that I found easy to identify with. The reader is kept guessing up to the finish although I confess to a feeling of doubt about the character who was finally unmasked!
I was very keen to pick it up and continue and thoroughly recommend it?

Amazing - I loved this series and what a finale!! Fast paced, full of intrigue and unputdownable. I read this book on two sittings and the fact that I had to go to work forced me to stop reading. The characters are so well drawn and those who grate on Kate also grate on me, especially Imogen and the PM.

We go around the maze of deception and multiple crosses with Kate by our side and I was as blind sided as she was by the ending. A small suspicion which I hoped as a reader was wrong. The world of intelligence is convincingly portrayed with characters you care about and I will continue to look forward to books by this author.

Thank you!

I was hugely excited to receive this third installment in the series featuring Kate Henderson but sadly I was a tad disappointed. This isn't to say that Tom Bradby has failed to give us another exciting yarn but rather that he seems to have run out of steam here. Maybe because I am feeling a bit jaded but it seemed to me to be glaringly obvious who "Agent Dante" was and I still don't quite know how Dante was able to do so much plotting - I don't feel that that was particularly well explained. Kate's personal life was perhaps too intrusive in this episode of the story and I feel sure that the risks she took were far and beyond acceptable even for such a seasoned spy.

OK the mystery of the mole at the top of the Service was resolved but I'm just underwhelmed this time sadly.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC and to Mr Bradby for an entertaining series of novels.

Triple Cross by Tom Bradby is the third novel following Secret Agent and Double Agent featuring Kate Henderson.. Kate Henderson is now out of the Intelligence Service , but called back to help by the Prime Minister James Ryan . The P.M. wants Kate to clear his name once and for all of involvement with Russia as spy. Kate now outside and on her own decides to call in favours from her old friends to explore the possibility of a Russian mole high up in the service known as Agent Dante.

The book moves at great pace and transports you across Europe in an endeavour to unravel the conundrum . The books reaches a climax with a deadly game being played . Who can she trust ? Is she being manipulated ?

A bit like a female James Bond , good for a read but not to be taken too seriously. Still looking forward to the next installment ,if there is one.

If you've enjoyed Tom Bradby's 2 other Kate Henderson books, then this 3rd installment will not disappoint. Full of action, intrigue and plot twists, the story starts at pace and never lets up until the very end. In this book, Kate is hired by the Prime Minister in a top secret mission to find out who is the Russian mole who set him up. We find out more about all of the central characters as the story takes us to New York, Prague, Istanbul and Russia.
I'd definitely recommend this book as well as the rest of the series which has been fantastic from start to finish.

Triple Cross is the last of the trilogy following Kate Henderson and her life in MI5. Kate has retired following the betrayal of her husband but the service isn't finished with her. She is called back by the Prime MInister to clear his name of any rumours and unveil at last the double agent, or is it a triple agent. This is Agent Dante and Kate must search deep with her abilities, loyalty and emotions to find this 'enemy' deep with our security service. Tom Bradby writes tremendous books.

Triple Cross, like its two predecessors, is a decent spy thriller but I do have my reservations. I would suggest that you read Secret Service and Double Agent before this one as there is a lot of back story and it will make far better sense.

Having left MI6 ignominiously, Kate Henderson is dragged back into spying to try to identify a mole at the heart of British Intelligence and to prove whether or not the Prime Minister is a Russian agent. This involves a lot of soul searching and examination of her priorities, along with some active espionage work in London, Prague and Moscow and it’s pretty well done in general. There are some good action sequences and a comprehensible plot, so it makes a decent read much of the time.

Tom Bradby writes pretty well and the cliché count is considerably reduced in this instalment, I’m glad to say. I did find some of the travelogue aspects very drawn out (OK, Tom, I get it – you’ve been to Prague and done your research!) and there are a couple of wholly gratuitous sex scenes which I could have done without. I also found that the considerable time devoted to Kate’s personal life became rather tedious, partly because I don’t find Bradby’s characters – including Kate – entirely convincing. I had also suspected the Shocking Denouement for some time before it was revealed.

Nonetheless, this is a very acceptable holiday read and I have rounded 3.5 stars up to 4 because 3 would be churlish and a little unfair.

Kate back for her third adventure with Julie and some of her old colleagues and nemesis, she thought she was free from the agency but the Prime Minister is in trouble so as close as begging as a PM gets Kate finds herself busy again. If you've not read any of the others no problem you can read it as a standalone but if your looking for a holiday read get them all I promise you won't be disappointed. Well there is a lot of politicians involved and my promises are more reliable than most of them,. Obviously if your a politician reading this then you are one whose word is reliable I'm sure, and I think you'll love this as well.
The plot is to find the mole or is it a rat the twist will leave you guessing all the way through and the suspension is there all the way through as well. Its hard to put down like the others have been but I think this ones the best or is it that I've just read it whatever the answer it was a fantastic read.
So I've given this 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'s because it ticks the boxes gripping don't want to put it down and happy to miss a meal to read the next bit, the characters are great and it's hard to predict i did guess but the plot kept me doubtful that I had it right but not till i was well in to the book before it crossed my mind to any level. I felt yes but I often thought I was wrong so the question kept coming, think you get what I mean, or I hope you do. So yes I recommend this and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

This is the third book starring Kate Henderson and it wraps up the story rather startlingly.
Kate is no longer working for SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) but is forced back to investigate further allegations against the British Prime Minister.
Ian Grainger now heads the department Kate worked for at SIS, following the retirement of her friend and mentor, Sir Alan Brabazon. She also continues to be supported by her aunt Rose and plagued by a difficult relationship with her mother.
As befits any good spy story there are twists and turns a-plenty and I really was left unable to decide who was the traitor Kate was seeking.
I hope that there will be more of Kate Henderson; she is very relatable despite being a spy. Like so many working mothers she would do anything for her family and whilst she appears calm and collected she shows a vulnerability and lack of confidence to which we can all relate.

This is the third outing for former MI6 Kate Henderson. We open in Bergerac southwest France (near where I live - beautifully and accurately described too!) where Kate and her teenage children are on holiday with her disgraced husband who is usually exiled in Russia. Kate is interrupted by a visit from the PM who tells her reliable Russian intelligence have informed him that not only has there been misinformation about him, the Prime Minister, but that for decades there has been an 'Agent Dante' working for Russian intelligence at the heart of MI6. Backed into a corner Kate has no choice but to investigate and discover who is Dante. She is aided by a rather fabulous team who set out to determine whether it is the Current C or the former one ... or even Kate herself? No spoilers from me but this is a tightly woven, fast paced thriller which sees Kate back and forth across eastern Europe piecing together the lives of her former bosses to discover precisely when Dante was recruited? The ending is perfection and the allusion to what Kate does next has me waiting impatiently for Bradby's next offering.

Well I can't say I was expecting a 3rd book by Tom Bradby but OMG what an absolute cracker it is! I won't spoil it by saying too much about the plot other than it had me hooked from the off right until the very last chapter with all its twists and turns.

As this is the 3rd book, I really do feel that to get the most out of it you need to have read the other 2 books but you could attempt to read this as a standalone.