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The third Jack McColl espionage thriller by David Downing (also the author of the WWII Station series) brings together two lovers in Bolshevik Russia.

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Downing's clunker

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The story line stretches credulity, and the characters are tired.

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I enjoyed the 'Station' series, and have listened to the two previous books in this series. This is the weakest.

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  • Emilie
  • 09-28-18

Poorest Downing Book. Period

Downing has a tendency to write a history lesson and wrap it in a plot, but he usually manages to pull it off. Not this time. The arcane detail smothers a weak, weak plot. After falling asleep ( literally!) in places, I couldn't be bothered to rewind. And while the narrator tries his best, his sonorous voice for large stretches combined with a near non-existent plot is really off-putting. If I hadn't listened to all the other Downings in both series, I would not have bothered to finish it. As it was, I slogged through it in patches with breaks inbetween for other books.