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Spies Among Us review by praetorian2004
Age Range - Adult
Genre - Adventure
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Age at time of review - 41
Reviewer's Location - Orange City, IA, United States
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Spies Among Us by Mel Harrison is the next in the Alex Boyd series. Alex is a Special Agent in Diplomatic Security and a Regional Security Officer. His wife, Rachel Smith, works with the US Embassy. Alex and Rachel are both assigned to London, England, at a time when the Russians are plotting nefarious schemes involving global security. The Russians are playing their hand on a particular spy whose growing romantic relationship with an American agent is feeding them delicate information. The investigation takes Alex and Rachel through different levels of bureaucracy, many late-night meetings, fancy restaurants, expensive cars and hotels, and high-level, high-profile analyses. There’s plenty of action, too! Alex Boyd has the perfect physique, perfect timing, and perfect skillset for this political and international spy mystery. The story has the right amount of Bond-style cheesiness and the intrigue doesn’t disappoint. But Alex Boyd is not the womanizer that James Bond is; he is singularly devoted and faithful to his equally brilliant and capable wife, Rachel. The two make a great team. This is the kind of story that makes you wonder if these threats are real. And it’s the kind of story that makes you hope that there are real people like Alex and Rachel on watch.

 

Opinion: 

Mel Harrison obviously knows his stuff! His writing reverberates authenticity. He has been in the situations where Alex and Rachel find themselves. If he has not actually been in those situations, he certainly knows what procedures are followed and which critical components need to be put in place, analyzed, and put into action. The descriptive writing was engaging. The relationship between Alex and Rachel borders on cheesy at times, but the cheesiness is something to be expected in a spy novel. What’s refreshing is that Alex and Rachel are actually married, and committed to each other, and faithful to each other. The constant references to how beautiful Rachel is and how many other men noticed might get old for some readers, but I think it rather reflects what every good husband thinks of his wife. Maybe it’s Mel’s nod to his own wife! In any case, reading a (new) book in which good guys defeat bad guys, and the good guys are actually good, is a real treat!

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Rating:
5
Content Rating:

Content rating - mature content

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There is swearing and a few descriptive sex scenes. There are also descriptions of violence and killing.
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