James Wolff worked for the British government for over ten years before leaving to write spy fiction. His first novel, Beside the Syrian Sea, was a Times Crime Book of the Month an...view moreJames Wolff worked for the British government for over ten years before leaving to write spy fiction. His first novel, Beside the Syrian Sea, was a Times Crime Book of the Month and an Evening Standard Book of the Year. Of his second novel, How to Betray Your Country, the Spectator wrote that it marked 'the arrival of a major talent.' James Wolff lives in London. view less