Quality writing from a master of the art.
The second book of the trilogy but works as a standalone story.
Brilliant characters throughout especially the introduction of a teenage 'Herbie Kruger' later to star in his own series of stories.
Clever descriptive imaginative intelligent totally engaging from first to last page. A spy story but with plenty of mystery and suspense totally absorbing. The only slight downside is due to this readers ageing memory which occasionally struggled to remember who's who with the amount of characters involved.
Completely recommended. ( )

Read more like a soap opera than a spy novel. While the characters were engaging, the story could have used some excitement. ( )