Spy For Hire

Spy for Hire continues Dan Mayland's Mark Sava series with an exceptional sequel to The Colonel's Mistake and The Leveling.

After Mark and Daria's earlier adventures in Azerbaijan forced them to leave the country, they settled in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where Mark spends his days playing narde and running his spy-for-hire business and Daria dedicates herself to helping local orphans. All seems cozy, if not a tad boring for Mark and Daria who are readjusting to normal civilian life.

Their peaceful routine is upturned when a young child is kidnapped from Daria's orphanage a day after he arrives. When Saudi nationals and the CIA are willing to go to great lengths to obtain the child, it quickly becomes clear that something is terribly amiss show more and the abduction is no average kidnapping.

Daria, Mark, and Decker must combine forces to protect a young two year old boy from becoming the pawn in an international crisis. With lives on the line and a great deal of wealth and power at stake, Mark must fight through government cover ups to find out who the boy is and what he means to the groups trying to claim him. When Mark's past is violently thrown into the mix, he'll be forced to revisit some things better left buried.

Spy for Hire is an exciting glimpse into a land half a world away, into political corruption, espionage, and a telling look at the early life of Mark Sava. This is a must read for anyone who loves mystery and spy thrillers. Dan Mayland keeps the reader guessing until the very end in this exciting, fast paced novel. show less

This book is part of the on going Mara Sava series of which I’d been unaware; and will now have to visit as being a better than the usual spy thriller novel. Everyone will write teasers about the plot so I’ll not waste time with that; and will simply share my opinion concerning the book, character development, plausibility, and generally weather it was a fun read or not. Hopefully, with the other’s plot teasers, and some recommendations like this you can decide if you want to spend your time with the book or not. Enough explanation, I’d whole heartedly recommend this to anyone who likes the spy genre, and will do so with my reading groups, and any others who may listen. The book was a fun read, full of action, and plot twists, show more so my continued thanks to the author and publisher who have made the book available to me as part of Net Galley’s program. I will post this review on Librarything.com as well. show less