HarperCollins The Spanish Game, Crime & Thriller, Paperback, Charles Cumming
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Price: £9.99
Brand: HarperCollins
Description: A vivid and gripping novel from 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday) which sees Alec Milius coaxed back into the secret world to face the uncontainable danger of 21st century terrorism. HarperCollins The Spanish Game, Crime & Thriller, Paperback, Charles Cumming - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780007416936
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Dimensions: 129x198mm
Keywords: MI6,Political Thriller,Spain,Espionage,Spy thrilller,MI6,Intelligence services
ISBN: 9780007416936
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Author: Retro Brit
Rating: 5
Review: I read the first Alec Milius novel, A Spy by Nature. I decided to go for the second novel of Milius because the first was very good. Well, the second is equally as compelling. Alec Milius is living in Madrid and it is five years after his traumatic brush with espionage, working for the British Secret Service. He has gone to ground and has been using his espionage training to stay off of the radar. Especially the American CIA, who he has caused problems for. He has a well-paid job for a British company based in Madrid and is having an affair with a beautiful Married Spanish lady. He is a little paranoid and is always careful to cover his tracks from the British and American secret service organisations. It is second nature to him. His company send him North on some important ground laying work for his company to do a business venture in the Basque region of Spain. While here, he meets with an ex-ETA man who Alec rather likes as a person. I can’t say much more without spoiling the story. All this leads to Alec opening up a Pandora’s Box. He can’t get the unwelcome Genie back into the bottle. There are plans within plans. Diabolical scheming with the Spanish government and Alec finds himself as a free-lance pawn caught up in all of this. The whole saga is mind blowing right up until the end. The surprises come fast and furious. If you love a good spy thriller then I would strongly recommend this second Alec Milius novel. An absolute peach of a read.
Author: Jonathan Ryan
Rating: 3
Review: After reading Typhoon by Cumming I was excited at the prospect of an equally enthralling spy thriller. I soon realised that this book was very different. The main character, Alec, is far from the perfect spy, and most of the book is devoted to background information. There are a number of instances when the reader thinks that something important will happen and mentally notes the circumstance only for nothing to materialize (e.g. Saul). After halfway the book does jump into life and it is gripping. My problem is that the twist occurs so late in the book that it is difficult to put the whole story together. The book is, however, well written and gives the reader a lot of interesting images of Spain, Madrid and the Basque Country as well as the politics of the region. I just would have liked a more conclusive end to the book where every end is wrapped up nicely.
