My Name Is Nobody

By: Matthew Richardson

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of My Name Is Nobody by Matthew Richardson, read by Colin Mace.

'I know a secret. A secret that changes everything...'

Solomon Vine was the best of his generation, a spy on a fast track to the top. But when a prisoner is shot in unexplained circumstances on his watch, only suspension and exile beckon.

Three months later, MI6's Head of Station in Istanbul is abducted from his home. There are signs of a violent struggle. With the Service in lockdown, uncertain of who can be trusted, thoughts turn to the missing man's oldest friend: Solomon Vine.

Officially suspended, Vine can operate outside the chain of command to uncover the truth. But his investigation soon reveals that the disappearance heralds something much darker. And that there's much more at stake than the life of a single spy...

Critic reviews

Now comes Matthew Richardson, hailed as the next Charles Cumming. My Name is Nobody actually falls somewhere between Robert Ludlum and Le Carre

A splendid tale of espionage starring an old-fashioned MI6 hero . . . exciting spy literature

All debut spy novelists are dubbed the new John le Carre but Richardson has made a good fist of living up to the accolade at his first attempt . . . [a] knowledgeable thriller

Proof that the genre is flourishing anew in the 21st century . . . [he] distinguishes the more ambitious offerings in the spy genre, but his plotting has an old-school, Swiss-clock precision that keeps the reader pleasurably engaged.

I dare you to find a first novel as self-assured, impeccably researched and beautifully rendered . . . Richardson paints a portrait of espionage that calls to mind early le Carré (Gregg Hurwitz)

Compelling, intense and sharply authentic (James Swallow)

A pleasingly convoluted spy saga . . . which combines immaculate Cold War tradecraft with modern tech savvy as our maverick hero comes up against a Le Carre-esque establishment while trying to find a mole and head off a terrorist atrocity

Truly authentic and frighteningly so . . . a remarkable thriller

Authentic, mysterious, fraught with deception, betrayal, and uncertain allegiances, it captures perfectly the foggy world of spies, populated by conspiracy and turncoats, both friends and enemies, an evocative descent into the Wilderness of Mirrors (Jason Matthews)

Matthew Richardson's debut is a bang-up-to-date thriller told with old-school panache. A great read (Mick Herron)

In the best traditions

The negative first:
The author needs to do a bit better in handling the many flashbacks
All else is magnificent, especially considering this is a first novel for the author. Story is gripping. Characters, especially Vineyard, the main character are well developed.

The author clearly will be joining the greats of this genre.

The narration is unmatched in the opinion of this listener of over 300 audiobooks

slow and boring

i had to rewind and re-listen to the first few chapters many times because it was so boring my mind would wander. it was a yawn fest.