The Shattered Eye (1982)

by Bill Granger

Series: November Man (3)

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Waterlogged, head down, the body floats sluggishly: an agent, American, machine-gunned and thrown into the Seine. A second body: Russian, an agent, sprwled in a drainage ditch near Lakenheath USAF base. And dead in Venice: two men, American and British. One, mutilated, wave-washed in the lagoon. The other dumped, garrotted, in an empty Coca Cola delivery boat. Only agent Devereaux, the November Man, can solve the mystery.… (more)

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Three US agents die in Europe and Deveraux, ex CIA agent is lured back to find out why and who is behind it.

I read 51% of the book before I decided that enough was enough, this book was for me. The funny thing is that when I sat down to write this (very) short review, I just couldn’t figure out the books plot, so I actually had to google the book to find out what the hell it was about. Not a good sign…

Anyway I couldn’t finish the books, it is all me, the book is probably great if the right person reads it, I wasn’t the right person.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a free copy for an honest review!

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MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |

I almost quit reading about half way through. I would have to agree with MaraBlaise that the first half is a real snooze. It takes too long to set things up. The second half does pick up, but I'm not sure it's worth wading through the first half. It does have an interesting and prescient plot involving Russian hacks of US computer systems. (

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1982

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For Larraine, who led me to Paris and shared the adventures we found there.

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Mrs. Neumann did not knock at the door to Hanley's bare office before she entered, and she did not speak to him until she was settled on the government-issue metal chair in front of his desk.

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Waterlogged, head down, the body floats sluggishly: an agent, American, machine-gunned and thrown into the Seine. A second body: Russian, an agent, sprwled in a drainage ditch near Lakenheath USAF base. And dead in Venice: two men, American and British. One, mutilated, wave-washed in the lagoon. The other dumped, garrotted, in an empty Coca Cola delivery boat. Only agent Devereaux, the November Man, can solve the mystery.

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