The Grey Room
As a former superpower damaged by a failing economy and struggling with the transition from communism to the ever-growing influences of capitalism, Russia employs a ‘spy recruitment drive’ as a silent weapon to shore up its defenses against the west. Unfortunately for the Russians, MI6 are well ahead of the game and respond to the move by using a former spy for the Soviets as an intended double-agent.
However, there is one rather obvious flaw in their plan - MI6’s candidate for the role, Malcolm Beaman, is serving out the last part of a five-year-sentence for paedophilia in a sex offenders’ rehabilitation clinic. Nevertheless, in order to secure his early release, and without arousing Russian suspicions, MI6 enroll the help of West Yorkshire Police.
In restricting the information concerning their objectives solely to the knowledge of Detective Chief Superintendent, Reginald Beaumont, an egotistical desire for Monarchial recognition becomes the perfect tool with which to manipulate the Senior Officer.
MI6’s plan is to use Beaman’s supposedly paranormal gift of ‘remote viewing’ - a technique he employed for the Soviets during the Cold War - to help find a missing girl and her abductor. By doing this, not only will it explain Beaman’s early release from the clinic, but will also provide an added incentive for the Russian’s to have him on ‘their’ side.
However, Beaman is somewhat of a ‘loose cannon’, and tends to pursue his own agenda, despite the obvious dangers of doing so. Although his apparent paranormal gift, in association with his reluctant front man and fellow paedophile, William Gorman, look to have been put to good use in locating the young girl and her abductor, Beaman and his uncontrollable perverted desires are about to jeopardise the whole operation – and when he does, it won’t just be him that suffers.
Martin Delport is the man from MI6 who is who is engaging in a chess-like game with his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Gorbov, while, at the same time, cleverly manipulating Superintendent Beaumont.
Detective Inspector, Paul Carrow, is the man assigned to the case of the missing girl, Suzie Tate – and while all seems to be going well, the unthinkable happens; Beaman takes a liking to Paul Carrow’s young daughter, Sarah. When Sarah goes missing and Beaman becomes the natural suspect, there’s a suggestion in the plot that some kind of paranormal powers have been used to abduct her.
Meanwhile, Beaumont carelessly leaves Beaman’s dossier lying about on his desk, and when Detective Constable Toller finds it, he can’t help but become involved. In carrying out his own enquiries, he unwittingly jeopardises Beaumont’s life, and while the Superintendent desperately tries to rebuild bridges with MI6, he soon finds that they are not in favour of compromise, at any level.
One by one, Paul Carrow and his colleagues piece together a harrowing story of conspiracy and deception - from the Suzie Tate abduction, to the disappearance of his own daughter – all of which becomes a challenge to, not only his professional life, but also his ‘comfortable’ marriage.
However, there is one rather obvious flaw in their plan - MI6’s candidate for the role, Malcolm Beaman, is serving out the last part of a five-year-sentence for paedophilia in a sex offenders’ rehabilitation clinic. Nevertheless, in order to secure his early release, and without arousing Russian suspicions, MI6 enroll the help of West Yorkshire Police.
In restricting the information concerning their objectives solely to the knowledge of Detective Chief Superintendent, Reginald Beaumont, an egotistical desire for Monarchial recognition becomes the perfect tool with which to manipulate the Senior Officer.
MI6’s plan is to use Beaman’s supposedly paranormal gift of ‘remote viewing’ - a technique he employed for the Soviets during the Cold War - to help find a missing girl and her abductor. By doing this, not only will it explain Beaman’s early release from the clinic, but will also provide an added incentive for the Russian’s to have him on ‘their’ side.
However, Beaman is somewhat of a ‘loose cannon’, and tends to pursue his own agenda, despite the obvious dangers of doing so. Although his apparent paranormal gift, in association with his reluctant front man and fellow paedophile, William Gorman, look to have been put to good use in locating the young girl and her abductor, Beaman and his uncontrollable perverted desires are about to jeopardise the whole operation – and when he does, it won’t just be him that suffers.
Martin Delport is the man from MI6 who is who is engaging in a chess-like game with his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Gorbov, while, at the same time, cleverly manipulating Superintendent Beaumont.
Detective Inspector, Paul Carrow, is the man assigned to the case of the missing girl, Suzie Tate – and while all seems to be going well, the unthinkable happens; Beaman takes a liking to Paul Carrow’s young daughter, Sarah. When Sarah goes missing and Beaman becomes the natural suspect, there’s a suggestion in the plot that some kind of paranormal powers have been used to abduct her.
Meanwhile, Beaumont carelessly leaves Beaman’s dossier lying about on his desk, and when Detective Constable Toller finds it, he can’t help but become involved. In carrying out his own enquiries, he unwittingly jeopardises Beaumont’s life, and while the Superintendent desperately tries to rebuild bridges with MI6, he soon finds that they are not in favour of compromise, at any level.
One by one, Paul Carrow and his colleagues piece together a harrowing story of conspiracy and deception - from the Suzie Tate abduction, to the disappearance of his own daughter – all of which becomes a challenge to, not only his professional life, but also his ‘comfortable’ marriage.
