Amanda Cole has been following her father’s footsteps by becoming a CIA officer, but she is slowly becoming bored with her lackadaisical assignment in Rome. Then one day in summer, a Russian walks into the American embassy stating he knows of an assassination plot against a US Senator. Amanda’s superior doesn’t believe it, and twenty-four hours later the Senator is dead.
Amanda finds herself the new station chief and given assistance by the legendary spy Kath Frost in order to determine why the Senator was murdered. A terrifying question follows Amanda as she investigates. Why did the Senator have her father’s name in his notes? And why did Charlie Cole ask her to not involve him?
Espionage stories are one of the genres that I enjoy reading, especially authors like Daniel Silva. Anna Pitoniak is similar to Silva but brings a new element that Silva hasn’t quite yet. I really wanted to read an espionage novel with a female spy as the protagonist, and this was perfect. However, this is more of a family-based espionage story than a country against country espionage novel. The plot line follows two timelines between father and daughter, and the switching POV could be, and often was, a mid-chapter switch. That made it a little difficult to follow at moments. I wish it had been more by chapter with a chapter title to lead the way. There is also a bit of a cliffhanger at the end, and it makes me want to know more. What actually happens?
Overall, I rate this novel 4 out of 5 stars.
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