The Frenchman'It's a richly detailed cloak and dagger thriller reminiscent of the novels of John le Carre I hope Jack Beaumont, whoever he is, writes a follow up.' Stephen Romei, The Australian Alec de Payns is an operative in the secretive Y Division of the DGSE, France's famed foreign intelligence service. He's the agent at the sharp end of clandestine missions, responsible for eliminating terror threats and disrupting illegal nuclear and biological weapons