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A desperate agent. A petty criminal. An audacious plot.

When Harry Mackintosh is called upon to exfiltrate a valuable asset from East to West Berlin, what could have been an intelligence coup becomes an international embarrassment. Mackintosh’s men and his lover are killed by the East German secret police in a brutal crossfire and he barely escapes with his life. He flees to the West and promises himself that he will have vengeance.

Mackintosh is the head of Berlin Station but he doesn’t have the staff to compete with the Stasi. He returns to London to plead for the resources to fight back. But instead of the seasoned operatives that he needs, Mackintosh is given a single man: Jimmy Walker, a petty criminal with a record for robbing banks.

Mackintosh takes Walker to Berlin and sets in train an audacious plan that will see them both on the other side of the Wall. Mackintosh and Walker face off against Karl-Heinz Sommer, the Stasi general known as die Spinne – the Spider – a man known for his brutality and ruthlessness.

The plan is already a longshot, and then Walker learns of the riches that Sommer stole from displaced Berliners in the days after the Wall was constructed. Will Walker follow orders or will he find the prospect of the Stasi gold in Sommer’s secret vault too tempting to ignore? Will Mackintosh have his revenge or will he become another fly caught in the Spider’s web?

With ambiguous loyalties, clashing agendas and danger beyond measure, these two men will struggle to form a team. But in a battle as unequal as this, the unexpected might be the best strategy that they have.

Praise for Mark Dawson

"A literary sensation." - The Daily Telegraph

"Mark Dawson has all the skills. A great thriller writer on the top of his game." - Sunday Times bestselling author Steve Cavanagh

“Nerve-shreddingly tense. Utterly addictive” - Bestselling author MJ Arlidge

"A terrific fast-paced read. Mark Dawson knows how to tell a great story." - Bestselling author Scott Mariani

Length: 282 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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ASIN : B07SLLJKTH
Publisher : Unputdownable (31 January 2020)
Language : English
File size : 1671 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
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Print length : 282 pages

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Bruce in West Oz

Wow! Brilliant.

Reviewed in Australia on 18 February 2020

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With this novel, Mark has lifted himself head and shoulders above your run-of-the-mill adventure teller. This is someone who is, in my opinion, up there with Le Carré, Baldacci, Lee Child and who outshines the likes of Clive Cussler. The writing is lean, pared down; there is no superfluity here. Every word is chosen carefully for effect and the tale takes on its own life. You can see, hear, even smell the Berlin that Mark writes about.

Does that sound like I like it! You better believe I do. Riveting stuff.

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Bob

An exciting page-turner

Reviewed in Australia on 9 April 2020

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A good book to excape from the mundane world to the fascinating, but dangerous world played out by unusual people who do dreadful secret things for their nations.

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Geoffrey M Moss

Very good thriller, love the east ender

Reviewed in Australia on 4 February 2020

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Engaging plot line with disparate characters. A lot of the grisly surprises could be real. Is this how our works works? Maybe?

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Does not dissappoint

Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2020

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Maintains his high standards with an intricate plot woven with believable action. Character building is excellent, just enough and hints at more.

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Reacher

A good quick read

Reviewed in Australia on 22 February 2020

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A fun and reasonably fast paced read but not much depth to the characters or the plot. Some of the elements if the plot were a real stretch and an easy way out of a dead end.

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james brennan

A very good read

Reviewed in Australia on 22 February 2020

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Very good story line ,which kept you guessing ,when the Berlin Wall was real it created a boundary ,and this story shows how real it was

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Robert W Dixon

Intriguing

Reviewed in Australia on 22 April 2020

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The story kept you on your toes all the time. It was very well written with a bit of a twist at the end.

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Top notch.

Reviewed in Australia on 25 April 2020

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Another excellent read. Marks books always keep me interested right to the end and wishing that there were more to read.

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Robval

Great fast paced spy thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2020

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Mark has not disappointed with this new book set in 1989 East Berlin. It was good to feature new characters and a nod to Group 15. It will be interesting to see how the not very pleasant protagonist develops in future Books as this is surely a prequel to Milton, Isabella and Rose who are more engaging. I liked the character Walker and hope he might appear in a future book.. As usual Mark has researched his subject and locations well and describes them without being verbose. Also no padding out with sex, family or personal problems to bore us and fill up pages.. cannot wait for next book.

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steviecat

I've become a Dawson pedant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 May 2020

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Okay. I've read nearly all Mark's books. Many I have enjoyed; some I have loved. Of late, however, I have become obsessed with his usage of the word 'THAT'. The pages of this book are littered with unnecessary 'THATs''. For goodness sake, Mark, please lose the obsession with the dratted word; it is so clunky!
'The first time that I saw her face' Yuk!
'The first time I saw her face.' Lovely!
Yeah, I know, it's not really a fair review, but the whole 'THAT' thing is doing my head in!

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Ails

So good I bought it twice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2020

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The Vault
Mark Dawson

I know it’s only early March, but this book could well be my favourite book of the year. It’s set in Germany in the shadow of the Berlin Wall.
Harry Mackintosh is a spy, he is called upon to free and return a valuable agent from East Berlin back to the West. During the rescue, his lover and his men are killed and they have to abort the mission. He returns to London hoping to recruit more men and return to Berlin, however the powers that be give him one man, Jimmy Walker, a small time crook, with ruthless tendencies. The pair team up and go back into Berlin. What follows is an amazing and very exciting book.
I have enjoyed reading this book so much I bought the Audible version and along with the sound effects and a brilliant cast of narrators it brings the book even more to life. I tend to listen when I take the dog out for a walk and she never had so many walks in her life. Her big brown eyes look pleadingly at me as if to say “Can we go home now?” so I say “One more chapter” and she trots on.
I would like to hear more about Harry Mackintosh and Jemmy Walker. Really enjoyed the book and can’t recommend it highly enough.

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GMW

SECRETS OF THE VAULT

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2020

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I bought this book on the first day and have read it twice. I have taken the time to write my review.

Firstly it was a good story which as usual you cannot put down until you finish. However, this book had me questioning some of the facts of the story. I know it is fiction but I still believe there should be some truth to it!

"4 SAS men from the Regiment. This infers Regiment of SAS IN Berlin!!!!! MacKintosh calls Berlin Infantry Brigade for help. Interesting. I recognise the power of the Stasi over the people, which many of their top agents carried on from their Nazi days. Therefore no surprise that there is a file on MacKintosh . Walker played his hand well. Super twist to the plot, and now with the sleeper Picasso in the mix, and the double agent Oksana, makes for an interesting next book.

Perhaps a trade off at the bridge! Still don't think Elodie is dead.

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Richard Latham

When forced to change career remember your skill set.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2020

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How pleasing to read another Mark Dawson novel. In trying to read his works, the difficulty is that his chronology is not linear in terms of books being published. This poses issues for a reader like myself who prefers to read about characters as their fictional life evolves.
The genius that if Mark Dawson is that he is not easily confined by conventional writing of series. However, regardless of his approach to writing, what is in no doubt to my mind is that every book of his I have read has been original and genre stretching.
The Vault is a fine example of the release of Dawson’s catalogue of thrillers. Marked up perhaps as the fourth title in the Group Fifteen files it was released on 31 Jan 2020. Yet it predates all previous books and short stories in that it details the genesis of that organisation and introduces us to a slippery agent control - Vivian Bloom.
Regardless of the above this is a standalone. It requires no prior reading of Dawson’s books. It is a modern twist on a old fashioned Cold War thriller. British secret service taking on East Germany’s Stasi and the KGB. Set against a Berlin with a dividing wall it is about trying to bring out to the West a turned East German who has secrets to undermine his government.
I loved the throw back to former days of tunnels; dark and dangerous East Berlin and dramatic stand offs using Checkpoint Charlie.
I was nurtured as a thriller reader on double agents, femme fatales and duplicitous agents in the field. Mark draws on such rich pickings without them ever becoming stereotypes. So we have former SS officers, horrendous torture set pieces and the death of a main player. All wrapped up in a political process that we know from history could not be derailed.
In some respects this enables such speculation and the author is able to paint a realistic and enthralling story of the that time that as yet history has not allowed come fully to public knowledge.
I loved it from page one. I am always comfortable reading this author’s books. I find them exciting, thrilling and original even if they draw on all that has gone before.
Rather than a chronological progression I have become accepting that reading his books is more akin to completing a jigsaw. In that sense The Vault is a colourful and vivid adventure with believable characters, antiheroes to route for and a frisson of sexual tension that comes from wartime or spy craft where life is held by a simple thread risked daily.
Mark Dawson an author to read.

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