The Jackal's Share

‘ The Jackal's Share reunites us with corporate spy Ben Webster from his debut An Agent of Deceit. Morgan Jones does invite comparison w ith Le Carre, and never more so than in this elegant novel about the dark, amoral charisma of the super-rich – in this case Darius Qazai, an Iranian expat who runs an enormous asset-management business and has hired Webster to investigate his own reputation in the runup to its sale. Webster must struggle to remain uncompromised – and, later, safe from the forces his mission sets in motion. Murky, mesmerising stuff’ Guardian