Milo Weaver’s chance to have a life working as an administrative
bureaucrat in the CIA was blown after his last case. Now he’s back
as a tourist in the CIA, but he has to prove his loyalty. In this
second novel, Weaver is handed a complex case involving the murder of
a young girl, blackmail of a German spy, and the suspicion of a mole
in the Department of Tourism.
This is not the
exotic world of romantic spies like James Bond. This is a dirty world
where compromises are made rather than arrests. Instead of a clean
distinction between good and evil, it’s a murky world of
expedience. Loyalty is questionable and agents are expendable.
There is more
violence in this book than the first book. There is also more
character development. There is moral ambiguity and Weaver is faced
with choices he doesn’t want to make. There is plenty of suspense
and twists, but the major factor is the arena in which these flawed
characters operate.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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