This is a fast paced easily read well plotted story that will have you turning in circles to find if we really do have a traitor and will Kate survive the ride. Bradby continues to do provide spy craft and frame details while providing CH growth, maintaining a varying Pace, and ramping up the Tone. There again begins an operation to determine the veracity of this and we get more office and political manoeuvring, Kate putting herself in danger again and so on. None of the characters are developed beyond one note, whether that's "annoying", "has affairs" or "depressed".

I read the first book Secret Service and enjoyed the relationship between our main protagonist Kate, her husband Stuart, his affair with Imogen who wants to be the next PM and Julie who is sleeping with the odious Ian who wants to be the head of MI6. His ability to weave a complex yet very intriguing conspiracy is to be admired, also his ability to pull you into the story. Such is the world of secret operations within a political regime while a totalitarian state will always have an advantage. A credible, twisty spy thriller, it was powered along by a clever plot and a strong cast of characters. Bradby's narrative is easy to follow, flowing ever so well, and his descriptions of places, emotions, action, thought processes- is done wonderfully.

Michaelides seems also to be dipping into the world of Edgar Allan Poe, offering an unreliable narrator who feels more like a literary exercise. And, more worryingly, it seems that there are key people at the heart of the British Establishment who refuse to acknowledge the reality in front of them. Double Agent is his follow up to the highly addictive and intelligent international spy thriller, Secret Service, although it could be read as a stand-alone. K. - Transworld Publishers for their invitation to receive an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Double Agent’ by Tom Bradby in exchange for an honest review.

The allegations are explosive: agreement to the resettlement suggests that they could be true, while a refusal could come later to look like cowardice or worse. One scene set in Berlinhas guns drawn and a brawl happen 20 metres from Angela Merkel's front door, and the author doesn't seem to realise this, or realise that there is always a police presence there. Thrust into a web of lies and danger, with her physical and mental health rapidly declining, Kate must play a very dangerous game to determine where the truth lies. Kate is somewhat trying to build bridges with her two children, Fiona and Gus, though she might benefit from a parenting class.Very quick and easy to read novel with an engaging plot which keeps the reader engaged until the last minute! These questions plague Kate as she tries to keep it together for her children and ailing mother, steadily losing sleep and, she fears, her sanity. Its the type of book that is full of action and it takes you on a breathtaking ride from England to Venice and Russia. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.