"Complex espionage thriller"
When the UN plane crashed near LaGuardia Airport, Robert
Harland quickly realizes he is in great danger of drowning,
as the rescuers have no idea he was dumped into the nearby
East River. He struggles over to where Alan Griswold
reclines in a busted up seat, but finds his friend is
dead. Robert's personal luck continues when Alan's cell
phone rings. This enables Alan to inform the caller where
he is. Robert takes Alan's wallet with him before the
rescuers save his life. As Robert recovers from his one in a fifty billion chance
of survival, he learns what happened. Transportation
blames it on physics, but the FBI hints at sabotage. UN
Secretariat Jaidi asks Robert to learn why someone
destroyed a plane, murdering officially ten people and
unofficially eleven in order to kill Alan. Apparently,
Alan had damaging information on someone. A former
espionage agent, Robert agrees to uncover the truth even as
a young man Tomas Rath comes into his life claiming to be
his son through a liaison over two decades ago with Czech
Eva Houresh. Rarely does a novel start off as exciting as a SPY'S LIFE
does. Henry Porter never eases up on the throttle from his
first page in the East River to the final overseas
confrontation. The espionage thriller is very complex
though it appears to contain an unnecessary spin or two too
many. The cast is developed so that readers appreciate
Robert as a fabulous lead character while those who seem on
the hero's side and his enemies round out a strong tale of
international intrigue. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted February 7, 2002
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