When you're afforded an opportunity for long sought-after revenge, celebrate with a few beers first!
And don't worry about choosing between your two favorites … have the best of both worlds with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—“A Divided Dry,” a layered beer inspired by Charles Cumming's 3rd Thomas Kell novel, A Divided Spy!
A Divided Spy by Charles Cumming is the 3rd book in the Thomas Kell series (available February 14, 2017).
Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying. A former MI6 officer, he devoted his life to the Service, but it has left him with nothing but grief and a simmering anger against the Kremlin.
Then Kell is offered an unexpected chance at revenge. Taking the law into his own hands, he embarks on a mission to recruit a top Russian spy who is in possession of a terrifying secret. As Kell tracks his man from Moscow to London, he finds himself in a high stakes game of cat and mouse in which it becomes increasingly difficult to know who is playing whom.
As the mission reaches boiling point, the threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack looms over Britain. Kell is faced with an impossible choice. Loyalty to MI6—or to his own conscience?
Read an excerpt from A Divided Spy by Charles Cumming!
PICK YOUR POISON
<img alt=“” src=“/images/stories/-2016-Oct-Dec/a-divided-dry.JPG” _cke_saved_src=“/images/stories/-2016-Oct-Dec/a-divided-dry.JPG” float:=“” right;“=”“ style=”float: right;“>“A Divided Dry”</h3> <h3> Ingredients:</h3> <blockquote> <p> – 8 oz. dry cider (alcoholic)<br> – 8 oz. Guinness</p> </blockquote> <h3> How to make the cocktail:</h3> <ol> <li> Fill a pint glass halfway with cider.</li> <li> Over the back of a spoon placed directly over the cider, slowly pour the Guinness on top.</li> </ol> <p> <br> Embrace your chance at revenge with “A Divided Dry” layered beer, and don't forget to order your copy of <em>A Divided Spy</em> by Charles Cumming!</p> <p style=”margin-left: 40px;“> <a href=”http://”https://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2017/01/a-divided-spy-by-charles-cumming-a-visual-guide““ _cke_saved_href=”http://”https://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2017/01/a-divided-spy-by-charles-cumming-a-visual-guide““ target=””_blank““><span style=”color:#a52a2a;“><span><strong>Take a visual tour of <em>A Divided Spy</em> with GIFnotes!</strong></span></span></a></p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>To learn more or order a copy, visit:</strong></p> <p> <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-divided-spy/id1135497309“ _cke_saved_href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-divided-spy/id1135497309“ rel=”nofollow“ target=”_blank“><img alt=”Buy at iTunes“ class=”blog-pic-left-align “ src=”/images/stories/collections/iTunes-buy-button-91.jpg“ _cke_saved_src=”/images/stories/collections/iTunes-buy-button-91.jpg“ style=”margin-right: 0px;“ title=”Buy at iTunes“></a></p> <p> <a href=”http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/7992675/criminalelement/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-divided-spy-charles-cumming/1120606322?ean=9781250021045“ _cke_saved_href=”http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/7992675/criminalelement/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-divided-spy-charles-cumming/1120606322?ean=9781250021045“ rel=”nofollow“ target=”_blank“><img alt=”Buy at Barnes and Noble“ class=”blog-pic-left-align “ src=”https://d1gbp99v447ls8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/01005821/barnes-and-noble-buy-button-91.jpg“ _cke_saved_src=”https://d1gbp99v447ls8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/01005821/barnes-and-noble-buy-button-91.jpg“ style=”margin-right: 0px;“ title=”Buy at Barnes and Noble“></a><a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250021049/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250058791&linkCode=as2&tag=crimieleme-20“ _cke_saved_href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250021049/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250058791&linkCode=as2&tag=crimieleme-20“ rel=”nofollow“ target=”_blank“><img alt=”Buy at Amazon“ class=”blog-pic-left-align “ src=”/images/stories/collections/amazon-buy-button-91.jpg“ _cke_saved_src=”/images/stories/collections/amazon-buy-button-91.jpg“ style=”margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;“ title=”Buy at Amazon”></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <hr> <p> <strong>Charles Cumming </strong>is the author of the first Thomas Kell book, <em>A Foreign Country</em>, as well as the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling thriller <em>The Trinity Six</em>, and others including <em>A Spy by Nature</em> and <em>Typhoon</em>. He lives with his family in London.</p>
