An Improbable Spy by David Paul Collins
An Improbable Spy
by David Paul Collins
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My Ratings 4.4/5
Synopsis
Tehran was well known to American businessman Jack Devlin until the day everything changed. When radical Islamic students stormed the US embassy on November 4, 1979, Jack narrowly escaped the revolutionary chaos, leaving behind 80 percent of his business and 100 percent of his heart. To get his beautiful girlfriend, Farideh, out of Iran, Jack accepts a devil's bargain with the CIA and MI6. He must slip back into Tehran, where the militant students are holding dozens of Americans hostage in their own embassy. His part of the bargain is to steal the coveted client ledger of the world's most powerful arms dealer, Mustafa Khaki, Farideh's father. Surprised by an additional assignment, Jack is also ordered to strip a KGB defector of details on Russian collusion with Iran and their plan to eliminate the American hostages while infiltrating the highest levels of Ayatollah Khomeini's government. From the damp cellars of KGB headquarters to the cold chill of British espionage to the blistering heat of the Kuwaiti desert, readers will learn, in an erroneous twist, that not all the turncoats are Russians.
My Thoughts
An Improbable Spy, is another winning, impeccably well-written spy thriller mystery from David Paul Collins. The first thing one notices when reading An Improbable Spy is how evocative and detailed the thriller element. Not only are details like this believable and time-period accurate (or so I am assuming, as I’m by NO means an expert at this sort of thing!), but they are interesting – never once did I feel like I was being info-dumped or in a dingy lecture hall. Rather, David Paul Collins manages to bring the grime and sweat of American businessman Jack Devlin and other characters to life by means of this nuanced narrative.
Though the mystery isn’t really that much of a mystery, and the plotting is an amazing aspect of the book, the writing overall with its attention to detail and period is genuinely winsome.
Thoughts on the audiobook and Narration
Andrew Tell's narration is precise, steady, considered. He recounts the pressure of feeling like he was the one living all those events. Great hearing, great narrator, I really got immersed into the characters and enjoyed every bit of this journey.
While we'll never give up the pleasure of cracking the spine and turning the pages of a great new book, sometimes the audio version just hits the spot. That's what Andrew Tell did with his amazing and engaging narration. The next time you find yourself in need of a creative way to pass the time, break out one of the amazing audiobook narrated by Andrew Tell.
I'm just in love with an amazing voice ,narrative of Andrew Tell along with an absorbing storytelling and plotline by David Paul Collins
Highly Recommended!
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