The pace for this spy thriller is pretty much "edge of your seat", with most of the action taking place in Russia where threat of discovery is ever prThe pace for this spy thriller is pretty much "edge of your seat", with most of the action taking place in Russia where threat of discovery is ever present. Jenkins leaves the tranquility of home farm to assist in rescue of woman who had earlier saved his bacon. If I chewed my fingernails there would be none left. The way the book closed I am fairly certain there will be a #3 for Charles Jenkins before long.
Since there is a new book out this year from this series I wanted to go back to the 2009 book that started it. Before I started reading it I read a raSince there is a new book out this year from this series I wanted to go back to the 2009 book that started it. Before I started reading it I read a rather negative review on the CIA's website. I thought I should definitely check it out after reading that surprising (to me) publication. Who knew the CIA was into book reviewing? https://www.cia.gov/library/center-fo...
So..having been introduced to the character Milo Weaver I do intend to follow on. He has a complicated web of untruths to balance and it certainly requires some brain power to keep up with it. It's interesting stuff.
I really don't enjoy reading thrillers, and this book belongs to that category. I tried it anyway. The book is certainly fast moving and action packedI really don't enjoy reading thrillers, and this book belongs to that category. I tried it anyway. The book is certainly fast moving and action packed with some nasty vs naive characters who somehow pull the rabbit out of the hat and survive. Definitely not believable. You get to move around between the '80's and 2013 as well jumping from country to country. There is the CIA improperly assigning interrogation to outsource devils, good and bad guys getting killed, corporate thieves pulling off their own brand of shenanigans and then the modern day David, in the form of a teenage girl, and Goliath - a plus.
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