The Traitor - Ava Glass

Description

Tension, danger and pace, pace, pace . . . Emma Makepeace is being tracked by a deadly traitor in the second novel in the Alias Emma series.

'Thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced, entertaining spy thriller' Shari Lapena
‘A gripping new read… the perfect thriller’ Sunday Times
'The glamour and glitz of the Riviera is brought to life in this nail-biting thriller' The Sun
'You're in for a treat ... The hottest new page turner of 2023' Cosmopolitan
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LONDON - EARLY MORNING . . .

A body is found in a padlocked suitcase.

Investigator Emma Makepeace knows it's murder. And it's personal.

She quickly establishes that the dead man had been shadowing two oligarchs suspected of procuring illegal weapons in the UK. And it seems likely that an insider working deep within the British government is helping them.

To find out who the traitor is, Emma goes deep undercover on a superyacht owned by one of the oligarchs.

But the glamorous veneer of the rich hides dark secrets. Out at sea, Emma is both hunter and prey, and no one can protect her.

Never has the turquoise sea and golden sands of the Rivera seemed so dangerous.

As the hunt intensifies, Emma knows that she is in mortal danger. And that she needs to find the traitor before they find her . . .

Review

Although I enjoyed the first book in this series I had difficulty getting into this one. It was nearly a DNF for me, but I read reviews that said it picked up, (and it did) so I stuck with it.

It seems like MI6 don't think their spy Emma is ready for anything too dangerous, despite her wonderful success in the first book. It felt like Emma thought so too, with her doing little at the beginning of her mission to get the heart racing.

Maybe being set on a yacht wasn't the best plot device, as there wasn't really much she could do without drawing attention to herself. But for me it was all a bit too pedestrian, with further trips into her back story. This can definitely be read as a stand alone book. If you've read the first book there may be a little too much of a recap.

Once the action got going I did begin to enjoy the book, especially when a little twist happened.

I'm giving this book 3 out of 5 stars. My thanks to netgalley for the ARC to review.

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