Security agencies and services…

They naturally appear in mystery and thriller stories, and mine are no exception. Some are evil—China and Russia’s come to mind—and some aren’t supposed to be but can be warped. Many have appeared  in some my novels–the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Democracies should want their security agencies to be beyond reproach and just do the necessary work to keep the countries safe. Most of them do, of course, but there are bad apples in any barrel. “Bending the rules” to get a positive result might be ...