Really enjoyed this book. Great plot and engaging, believe characters. I was drawn right into the story. Would definitely recommend.

I was very happy to read this book. It was exiting to read, and hard to put down. The chapters were small so it was easy to say "just one more chapter" and before I knew it was finished.

The end of the book went very quick, but I think it would not have worked if it were longer. Then the suspense of the book might have disappeared. But the build of the book was very good, all though it was a bit messy in the start to get used to the writing style.

I did not like the decision made in the end, it would have been a good book on its own. Still I am very much looking forward to the next book in the series.

Richard is a British man in I think his thirties who works in intelligence for the British government. Not the James Bond type just manning the Greek desk.. His father disappeared on 9/11 and is assumed to be killed in the World Trade Centre attacks while Richard himself almost died due to a suicide killer in Iraq. In the beginning of the novel he is in the Tube (underground railway in London) when one of the 7/7 suicide bombers blows himself up taking many with him. One of the mortally wounded seems to recognise Richard and gives him something what triggers a quest for answers and a lost item.
The story switches sometimes to World War Two Crete were Richard's own grandfather was helping the Greek fighting the Germans..
The writer manages to give us an intriguing puzzle. Unlike in many adventure novels the people's characters are really three dimensional.
A really good read!

Really enjoyed this novel. Very detailed and at times complicated plot but executed very well by the author. I am looking forward to the sequel. Characters are well defined and the story within a story moves along at a great pace.

A good debut. Well written-although a little too long. The characters/setting were good. I don't want to spoil it and give any of the plot away. Recommended 4 stars.

This is a suspenseful/thriller that usually I would not have picked up, but once I did I could not put it down. It would keep you until the end and leave you thinking about it for days. That good. The only think I did not like is that it is part of a series, and for the most part I do not like reading series because they leave me waiting for the next installment too long. If you like movies and books about spies, you will not be disappointed.