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Set in the 1970s London during the height of the Cold War when a young spy discovers the disturbing truth about his father's complex past. Based on Alan Judd's 2001 novel Legacy, the second in the Thoroughgood series after 1981's A Breed Of Heroes (adapted by the BBC in 1994).
As the three day week, petrol rationing and industrial strife plunge Britain into a state of emergency, MI6 trainee spy Charles Thoroughgood is asked to reconnect with an old university friend, Russian diplomat Viktor Koslov, with a view to 'turning' him. Viktor has his own agenda, though, and reveals a shocking truth about Charles's own family that threatens to derail him, both personally and professionally.
He is catapulted into a dangerous personal odyssey to uncover the truth but finds himself drawn into a lethal KGB plot to mount an attack within the UK. His life is further complicated by a relationship with the wife of another agent, which forces him to realise that betrayal can take many forms.
Producer
Jack Whicher saiu da Polícia Metropolitana e seus dias como detetive ficaram atrás. Porém quando salva de um roubo perigoso uma senhora em um bairro perigoso de Londres, fica sabendo que a mulher, Susan Spencer, está procurando desesperadamente a sua jovem sobrinha Mary. Ela chegou em Londres em busca de um homem jovem, Stephen Gann, que a deixou grávida. Susan contrata Jack Whicher como um "agente de investigação privada" para encontrar sua sobrinha e ele não pode se resistir a este inquietante e desconcertante caso de assassinato, que o empurra contra de ricos e poderosos e o lança em um conflito com seus antigos colegas da polícia metropolitana.
