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In the murky world of espionage, nothing is ever as it seems and you should trust few and them only in a limited way. This is the world Liz Sansborough has fled, replacing it with the academic life in California. But no one escapes, apparently. Two sets of spies are searching for her father's files and she must get to them first. To entice her, Sarah Walker, her cousin, has been kidnapped and Sarah's husband, Asher Flores, wounded. Her late father was an assassin for hire who had never come in out of the cold. He had worked for many otherwise law-abiding people who are now open to blackmail by whoever has the files. The blackmailer seems to be demanding not money, but certain actions which would enrich him. Joining Liz in her plunge back into the murky world of CIA and MI6 is Simon Childs who has his own reasons for finding the files. They must find Sarah as well and release her from her kidnappers. Excitement is the watchword of thrillers and this is no exception. We go from crisis to crisis, always thinking this time Liz will find what she is looking for, and we only discover new surprises and new challenges. As we expect, nothing is as it seems on the surface and there are all sorts of secrets which Liz and Simon must unravel and tests they must pass in order to succeed. The story is played out against a European backdrop, from Bratislava to France to England. The international flavor of the events helps to highlight the cosmopolitan atmosphere in which the villains move. We learn of all sorts of conspiracies and many of them seem more than plausible. Liz and Simon are believable protagonists although they survive dangers most of us could not. Nonetheless the reader will suspend her disbelief long enough to plunge into the rapid action and be carried along to a very surprising denouement. In the days of the demise of the Cold War, Lynds has found a different sort of villain than terrorists and this provides a refreshing look at an exciting and baffling world for those of us who want our action vicariously.
Reviewed by Sally A. Fellows, February 2004
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