My first Stella Rimington and it certainly won't be my last. With the Author's background this story was bound to have an air of authenticity and it certainly did that. Loved it.
Strong characters, good plot that kept the reader guessing, spying, detection and art; what a mixture.

Editorial Review - Publishers Weekly vol. 255 iss. 19 p. 36 (c) 05/12/2008
MI5 officer Liz Carlyle tries to make the best of it after she's unwillingly transferred from counterterrorism to counterespionage in Rimington's excellent third novel (after Secret Asset ). Assigned to a case involving a rich Moscow oligarch living in London, Liz quickly realizes that there's considerable evidence the oligarch's been targeted for death by someone in Russia—perhaps with the assistance of the Russian government, perhaps not. Matters become more complicated when it becomes evident Liz herself may wind up a target. Rimington's command of espionage and counterespionage history and techniques (derived from long personal experience at the same British agency as Carlyle's) enables her to bring enormous believability to her well-paced narrative. Her dialogue moves as swiftly as the action, and her characters are as believable as the world in which they—and we—live. Fans of intelligent spy thrillers are in for a treat.

Sherlockfan many thanks for this book you recommended, I look forward to reading it. Caught during the Auckland Uncon 2015.

A "slow burn" start to the book with interesting developments following towards the finish
A good read

Taking this to the meet up.

Enjoyed this book, but just like her others, but still a good read.
To be released at Meetup

Caught at today's meetup in Melbourne. I like Stella Rimington, will give this one a go. Always nice to come across a sherlockfan-registered book too!

An easy read and my second Stella R. Same characters, some spy stuff and London. Kept me happy.

My 2nd Stella Rimington. Enjoyable read. Will read more of hers.

To be released at the monthly meetup.