The blurb for this book drew me in immediately.
“The landline rings as Agneta is waving off her grandchildren. Just one word comes out of the receiver: 'Geiger'.
For decades, Agneta has always known that this moment would come, but she is shaken. She knows what it means.
Retrieving her weapon from its hiding place, she attaches the silencer and creeps up behind her husband before pressing the barrel to his temple.
Then she squeezes the trigger and disappears - leaving behind her wallet and keys”.
After reading that, who wouldn’t want to read this book?
Unfortunately that was the most exciting part of the whole 400+ pages. I would say that around 100 pages of the book could have been cut out. Of course history is needed. It is espionage and sleeper agents. It just seemed like too much explanation and not enough action.
I considered giving up a couple of times but it’s not that it was a bad book, it just wasn’t that good. I love espionage and Cold War stories but this just felt long. It did pick up near the end but not enough to justify a higher rating.
It was well written and the author has clearly done a lot of research so credit where it is due. This just fell short but being so long.
“The landline rings as Agneta is waving off her grandchildren. Just one word comes out of the receiver: 'Geiger'.
For decades, Agneta has always known that this moment would come, but she is shaken. She knows what it means.
Retrieving her weapon from its hiding place, she attaches the silencer and creeps up behind her husband before pressing the barrel to his temple.
Then she squeezes the trigger and disappears - leaving behind her wallet and keys”.
After reading that, who wouldn’t want to read this book?
Unfortunately that was the most exciting part of the whole 400+ pages. I would say that around 100 pages of the book could have been cut out. Of course history is needed. It is espionage and sleeper agents. It just seemed like too much explanation and not enough action.
I considered giving up a couple of times but it’s not that it was a bad book, it just wasn’t that good. I love espionage and Cold War stories but this just felt long. It did pick up near the end but not enough to justify a higher rating.
It was well written and the author has clearly done a lot of research so credit where it is due. This just fell short but being so long.