A murder at the British Embassy in Paris leaves ambassador Ed Barnes looking for the truth. But the further his investigation goes, the more he finds out that could hurt him, his country and more! He has to travel the world to follow up on information and the question arises, who can he trust?

This is a great conspiracy thriller that takes you across Europe and Lebanon. An international crises which is described perfectly and with a great eye for detail. The author manages to tell a story that could easily happen in real life, perhaps it even happened already on some scale. You get a perfect inside in the diplomatic world and all the shadow government that comes with it.

Well written. I liked the characters had flaws. I thought I had it figured out but the ending surprised me. Good read.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.

This is my first read by this author and the blurb caught my interest. I thought this was a good read, although initially I felt it got off to a fairly slow start and it took a while for me to become familiar with the characters and for them to slot into place in my mind. When someone is murdered in the British Embassy in Paris and their death filmed and Governments are unwilling to investigate Ambassador Ed Barnes takes matters into his own hands and is determined to find out what happened and searches for the truth. Will he like what he finds though? After a slow beginning the book soon started to pick up pace and became quite an absorbing read. I liked most of the characters, particularly Ed and Orla and there was one character I absolutely loathed. I enjoyed following Ed’s search for the truth and thought that the different country settings added more depth to the book. There are plenty of twists in the story which held my attention and interest all the way through. Overall this is a very good, entertaining and well written book, it has an engaging plot line, and the second half of the book really picks up pace and is full of plenty of action and suspense and races to a thrilling ending.