Secret Agent Brainteasers More Than 100 Codebreaking Puzzles Inspired by Britain's Espionage Masterminds

by McKay, Sinclair

• ISBN13: 9781635061352
• ISBN10: 1635061350
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-05-07
• Publisher: Quercus

Summary

Have you daydreamed of being approached to be a secret agent? Imagined yourself being propelled into the dangerous and elegant world of spies?

Blending extraordinary and illuminating historical tales of the British Secret Intelligence Service from over the years with a wide range of mind-twisting puzzles, Secret Agent Brainteasers will test your mental agility to discover: Do YOU have what it takes to be a spy?

Long gone are the days when the tap on the shoulder was largely a result of social connections. Now the secret intelligence services have cast their nets wider, and it's your chance to join the ranks. Whether you have a linguistic flair, an instinct for technology, or good old common sense, pit your wits against some of the greatest minds of our time with ingenious brainteasers including secret languages, sabotage-themed brain bogglers, and hidden codes.

Author Biography

Sinclair McKay is author of the Sunday Times bestseller Bletchley Park Brainteasers, as well as the bestselling Secret Life of Codebreakers. He writes for the Spectator and the Telegraph and spends much of his life up to his eyeballs in dusty archives! He lives in east London.