Michael Palmer - a very working-class spy

'Michael Palmer - a very working-class spy', is a thrill-a-minute story of intrigue and betrayal at the heart of Britain's most secretive intelligence agency. While set mainly in London, the story sees Michael Palmer travel the world in an effort to counter an Iranian plot to use the Mafia to destabilise Britain by flooding its streets with heroin.

However, Palmer's task is made harder when he is betrayed by somebody working in the British Secret Service.

Matters come to a head in a lockup garage in London's East End, where Palmer has a violent confrontation with two Mafia hitmen, and with his own boss.