The Poet’s Game - Paul Vidich

Category: Novel, Suspense, Thriller
Language: English
Keywords: Alex Matthews CIA Espionage Spy

Written by Paul Vidich
Read by Andy Ingalls
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

The Poet’s Game: Alex Matthews, Book 1
By: Paul Vidich
Narrated by: Andy Ingalls
Series: Alex Matthews Series , Book 1
Release date
24-07-2025
Language
English
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Length
9 hrs and 15 mins
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Categories
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Alex Matthews thought he had left it all behind. His CIA career, the viper’s den of bureaucracy at headquarters and the lies and stress of the cat and mouse game of double agents. But then the Director came asking for a favour.

Alex is a different man from when he had run Moscow station, where he recruited a network of ‘poet spies’ including the one he names BYRON. He has pieced his life back together after a tragic boating accident killed his wife and daughter but the scars remain. But Alex remains, in his mind, a patriot, and so he begrudgingly accepts the Director’s request.

Something, though, is off about the whole operation from the start. The Russians seem one step ahead and the CIA suspects there is a traitor in the agency. Alex realizes that by getting back into the game he has risked everything he has worked for: his new marriage, his family’s safety, his firm. As the noose tightens around Alex, and the FSB closes in, the operation becomes a hall of mirrors with no exits. To find redemption, Alex must uncover the secrets behind BYRON or lose everything.

The Poet’s Game is a remarkably sophisticated, timely, and emotionally resonant portrait of a spy from a master of the genre.

©2025 Paul Vidich (P)2025 W.F. Howes Ltd