The book jacket describes the book as "a nerve-shredding tale of intrigue which crackles with suspense." My nerves were not shredded and there was no crackling going on. A very mediocre book. I did enjoy the ending, but the characters, dialogue, and pacing were all flat. Even worse, at the beginning of the book a character is described as having brown eyes, then at the end blue! Maybe since this is a spy thriller there's something sneaky going on which the author is hiding from even the reader... but I doubt it. I'm interpreting it as a continuity error which diminishes further my already dubious view of this book.
Definitely don't spend money on it or check it out from the library, but if you find yourself in a strange city without a book and you see this on a "free book" shelf, then I guess it'll do. ( )