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Having enjoyed hugely Dee and Devon’s Gentleman and the Rogue I was eager to read this one—although a little trepidatious about the title and it seemed a bit similar, and I wondered if they weren’t just resting on their laurels and writing the same book twice.
However I shouldn’t have doubted them, because this is a very different book in time, flavour and feel.
The eponymous spy, Reese is introduced to us from the start and he sets the scene quite wonderfully, following on from an excellent first ...more
However I shouldn’t have doubted them, because this is a very different book in time, flavour and feel.
The eponymous spy, Reese is introduced to us from the start and he sets the scene quite wonderfully, following on from an excellent first ...more
Overall a good book, but it didn't grasp my attention as some others of these authors. My problems:
- too much sex, and especially the first encounter was a bit difficult to believe. Both of them letting down the guard in front of a potential enemy met 5 minutes before? Ok, the spy had spied some two days, still....
- the bad is too bad and a bit stupid, and the good is too good and clever
- the German bits now and then (and please notice, I do speak German, in fact also noticed some little typos) ...more
- too much sex, and especially the first encounter was a bit difficult to believe. Both of them letting down the guard in front of a potential enemy met 5 minutes before? Ok, the spy had spied some two days, still....
- the bad is too bad and a bit stupid, and the good is too good and clever
- the German bits now and then (and please notice, I do speak German, in fact also noticed some little typos) ...more
2011 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
Top notch story - beautifully researched without endless detail - the two men are endearing, so different from one another both in class and philosophy, yet wonderful together. Thoroughly enjoyed this, like The Gentleman and the Rogue, it's a keeper.
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