Using all the expertise and knowledge gleaned from his political journalism, Matthew d'Ancona (Political Journalist of the Year, 2004) delivers a fast-paced thriller which takes the reader through a rollercoaster ride of global politics and personal betrayals.
c2006. My own little guidance system should have worked. There is nothing on the cover or the blurb to indicate what this particular book is all about. The blurb on the back actually refers to "Going East" and nothing whatsoever to do with this book and the library has classified this as a thriller. My rating may be a little unfair as I do not like the international espionage type books. Starting this book off with no idea of the plot - it is quite clear that the first 42 pages of the prologue give no indication of what the book is all about. Except of course for the dreaded plot device of the last line of the prologue "Neither of these names would mean anything to Nick by the time he saw Tab's face again, seventeen years later, a pistol at his head, on a mountainside in Italy." FCN: Tabatha, Nick, Munroe, Freddy, Topper.