A fun diversion with my girl, Artemis
David McCloskey fills an important hole in my spy-reading repertoire. Neither cut throat, or as bitingly sarcastic, as my much loved Mick Herron nor as suavely reminiscent as Nick Harkaway, he settles happily in a corner of his own devising. More like a cheeky guilty pleasure. I didn't realise I would be as addicted as I am. Somehow the stakes don't feel too high and I am happy for that. In this day and age a reduction in stress is always welcomed.
In my perfect world I would love Artemis Procter to meet Jackson Lamb. Oh, how the witty banter and insults would fly! She is worthy of all sorts of attention and I am pleased we spend a great deal of time in her company within the pages of London Station. She is fun, smart, wholly irreverent, a bit crackers and the US's best chance in the intelligence world. I love her front and center in London station.
This book is a hoot mainly because of its nonsense and the 'ripped from the headlines' quality of the CIA after a bit of chopping and changing in the leadership. In mirroring current events we can enjoy the ludicrous logic seemingly deployed to scupper the US-UK relationship. Why fight enemies we jointly share when we can fight each other? London Station brings levity and a sense of the utterly pointless to the face-off between these two countries at a cross road. I found it to be a bit unlikely, at times, but the book as whole is highly diverting and a fun indulgence. The best book of the series to date.
In my perfect world I would love Artemis Procter to meet Jackson Lamb. Oh, how the witty banter and insults would fly! She is worthy of all sorts of attention and I am pleased we spend a great deal of time in her company within the pages of London Station. She is fun, smart, wholly irreverent, a bit crackers and the US's best chance in the intelligence world. I love her front and center in London station.
This book is a hoot mainly because of its nonsense and the 'ripped from the headlines' quality of the CIA after a bit of chopping and changing in the leadership. In mirroring current events we can enjoy the ludicrous logic seemingly deployed to scupper the US-UK relationship. Why fight enemies we jointly share when we can fight each other? London Station brings levity and a sense of the utterly pointless to the face-off between these two countries at a cross road. I found it to be a bit unlikely, at times, but the book as whole is highly diverting and a fun indulgence. The best book of the series to date.
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