Will Rhodes should be happy with his life. After all as a journalist for Travelers, an award winning travel magazine he gets to travel the world and have extraordinary experiences. But traveling isn’t all glamorous and in his personal life, the toll of working on an old house that seems to be a non stop money pit has strained his relationship with his new wife, Chloe. Since she recently left Travelers (a decision they had agreed on) to became a freelance journalist their work schedules have been out of sync making it even harder find time together and any time they do have they seem to be either arguing about money, or what to do on the house. This was not the way it was supposed to be.

Then while Will was in Argentina working on a piece about the wine region he makes a bad choice making him vulnerable to blackmail. Trying to extricate himself from this series of bad choices leads him to do things he never believed he was capable of all while trying to hide what he is doing from his wife and his boss. But soon Will realizes that there is a vast conspiracy surrounding him, and even those who are closest to him are not all that they seem. From Paris to Dublin to Iceland, Will follows a trail of spies and traitors not knowing what he will find in the end.

Pavone is a fast rising star in the spy/thriller genre! He is the author of The Expats and The Accident which I thoroughly enjoyed as well. His forte seems to be in portraying the reluctant spy-an ordinary person who due to some circumstance must becomes a spy. Pavone’s gift is the way he draws his characters out, dragging them from their ordinary lives into the maelstrom of intrigue and conspiracy. Pavone’s characters are never super heroes, rather they are ordinary people with ordinary problems who when confronted with the extraordinary, rise to the occasion. His plots are inventive and he has an eye for detail that helps you sink into the world he is creating. I was turning the pages as fast as I could, which makes this a great book for days at the beach! Enjoy!

Brenda’s Rating: ****(4 Out of 5 Stars)

Recommend this book to: Ken, Sharon and Marian

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