Romance and running are two main themes in this spy thriller when Emma Makepeace is tapped to bring in a target of the Russian spy network (the GRU) who have descended into London to acquire the son of defectors.
Most of the action centers on Emma and the initially unwilling recipient of her rescue efforts, Michael Primalov, a young doctor, who must cross London during the night while evading the ubiquitous cameras and the GRU. It's all just too much and way too predictable to be very entertaining. I was bored with the characters and the descriptions of what the pair had to endure during their efforts to get him to MI6 headquarters before the Russians can kill them both. They evade their pursuers in myriad ways and endure all sorts of attempts on their lives along with various injuries they sustain. I just never found the thrills I was expecting and the premise was quite thin. I could not relate to Emma nor would I be interested in further stories that feature her.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bantam books for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is -- so far -- a standalone and not part of any series. I would not read another about this character.
Genre - watered down spy thriller
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