Seven of them: Reservations, Engineering, Catering, Courtesy, Security, Management, and Systems.

Seven sleeper agents at a chic hotel. They know nothing about each other. They know only about the phone call that will set them on their assigned task.

Written as an interrogation of each agent in turn, we see that what starts off as mild interviews of some, becomes something harrowing for others.

This debut book by David Whitton is pulsating darkness, quirky reality, and a damn fine spy thriller. That’s all you need to know, except now you have a directive to buy it, read it.