The Reluctant Spy

is an original Realm thriller serialized fiction and audio drama written and directed by John Dryden, and narrated by Nigel Lindsay. It has 1 season and 3 episodes.
It is based on the novels of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
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== Synopsis ==
== Premise ==
This serial is about how a hard-up expat Duncan Kavanagh scrapes a living as a private English tutor and by showing tourists around the ancient Coptic churches of Cairo, but since the revolution, work has dried up with tourists in short supply. When seductive Canadian student Tara asks him to deliver a letter to a prominent Egyptian politician, he soon finds himself navigating a complex web of secrets and misinformation as a new Egypt struggles to realign itself in the world.
== Characters ==
*Duncan Kavanagh
*Tara
== Episodes ==
#	Title 	Reading length	Listening length
1	Episode 1	27 minutes 	43 minutes
A hard-up Coptic art expert living in post-revolution Cairo becomes embroiled in (what appears to be) corporate espionage when approached by seductive Canadian student Tara to deliver a letter to a prominent Egyptian politician.	
A hard-up Coptic art expert living in post-revolution Cairo becomes embroiled in (what appears to be) corporate espionage when approached by seductive Canadian student Tara to deliver a letter to a prominent Egyptian politician.	
A hard-up Coptic art expert living in post-revolution Cairo becomes embroiled in (what appears to be) corporate espionage when approached by seductive Canadian student Tara to deliver a letter to a prominent Egyptian politician.	
A hard-up Coptic art expert living in post-revolution Cairo becomes embroiled in (what appears to be) corporate espionage when approached by seductive Canadian student Tara to deliver a letter to a prominent Egyptian politician.
2	Episode 2	28 minutes 	43 minutes
Duncan Kavanagh has been drawn into a world of espionage and the enigmatic Tara seems to be using him. But Duncan is not as innocent as he appears and his past is about to catch up with him.	
Duncan Kavanagh has been drawn into a world of espionage and the enigmatic Tara seems to be using him. But Duncan is not as innocent as he appears and his past is about to catch up with him.	
Duncan Kavanagh has been drawn into a world of espionage and the enigmatic Tara seems to be using him. But Duncan is not as innocent as he appears and his past is about to catch up with him.	
Duncan Kavanagh has been drawn into a world of espionage and the enigmatic Tara seems to be using him. But Duncan is not as innocent as he appears and his past is about to catch up with him.
3	Episode 3	28 minutes 	43 minutes
Things are spiraling out of control for Duncan who has attracted the attentions of the Egyptian authorities investigating the disappearance of a university student.	
Things are spiraling out of control for Duncan who has attracted the attentions of the Egyptian authorities investigating the disappearance of a university student.	
Things are spiraling out of control for Duncan who has attracted the attentions of the Egyptian authorities investigating the disappearance of a university student.	
Things are spiraling out of control for Duncan who has attracted the attentions of the Egyptian authorities investigating the disappearance of a university student.
== External Links ==
*Read or listen to on Realm
Category:Realm Originals
Category:Thriller