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After discovering that her thoroughly predictable husband is a Russian agent and her marriage an elaborate deception, Molly Keatley retreats to Yorkshire, where Monk, a British agent, seems more solicitous than necessary. No library descriptions found. |
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The story has plenty of twists and turns. I thought it was perhaps a bit dated, coming from a period when British writers were reflecting a national preoccupation with Cold War politics, spies, and double agents. Hill has focussed on this in some of his other books: Traitor's Blood (1983); DEATH OF A DORMOUSE (1987, writing as Patrick Ruell); and THERE ARE NO GHOSTS IN THE SOVIET UNION (a set of short stories published in 1987).
By mid way through the novel I had some inkling of how Molly's dilemma might resolve itself, but did not stop me from enjoying what was basically a good reading of a well plotted book. ( )