Finished THE KEY TO REBECCA

 

A very satisfying action packed spy novel set in Cairo during WWII.  At first I was ambivalent as to who to root for because it starts from the point of view of the antagonist and everything he did seemed justifiable.  But he became more villainous and the protagonist became more likable as the story progressed.  That made the novel more masterful IMHO.

I have now started Jason, an Anita Blake novel by Laurell K. Hamilton.  When a book is entitled after one of her characters, it is usually not an action novel, but rather a character-driven X-rated study.  Though I am too old to enjoy the X stuff, I do enjoy her characters and the problems their interaction causes.  The more she tries to uncomplicate her life, the more complicated it becomes.