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Michael Martz
Jul 01, 2016 rated it liked it
In place of "Illegal Action", Stella Rimington might have more appropriately called this one "Lack of Action". As compared to the first two entries in her Liz Carlyle series, this one was a bit on the slow side.

The plot is anything but straightforward. Liz, a British MI5 operator, is assigned to what amounts to a babysitter role with a London-based Russian oligarch who British intelligence thinks may be the subject of an assassination. Carlyle, who normally is portrayed as being an astute judge
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Patrick Schultheis
Really good. Compelling plot. Terrific characters.
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