Great book and exciting story line. A subtle ending . After reading this book become a Tom bradby fan.

The second Kate Henderson novel is a continuation of the exploits of people high up in the organization of MI6 with all the good points of the previous book. A kidnapping of Kate in Venice leads her into a situation in which the British Prime Minister might be a traitor working for the Russians. She is presented with a teaser indicating his guilt and promised all of the file if the individual presenting it is granted asylum in Great Britain. Her working through the facts of the allegations spreads through the highest echelons of the government as well as bringing her into a secret trip into Russia to interview the individual presenting the file. The characters portrayed in Mr Bradby's book have personal pictures of them showing normal situations and private problems that do sometimes conflict with their work. In Kate's place she has two teen age children with their normal motivations living with her since she is divorced from her husband. Her feelings about the rupture with her husband are shown as complexed as those of any individual's emotions would be in a similar situation. Additionally, the normal politicking present in any organization affect the thoughts and actions of the people involved. For example, one of her fellow executives is going through the personal trauma of his wife dying from inoperable cancer and having to face that while going through the problem of giving asylum or not to the people demanding it in order to release the information of the Prime Minister's guilt. Kate's group is also obviously caught up in the possibility that the file of the PM's guilt might not really be anything but a misinformation campaign by Russia. The novel is an interesting read and while not a red hot all night draw is certainly a book that will cause the reader to seek out future works by Tom Bradby and enjoy them.

The Story like so many Political situations leaves me wondering what people in Power are really like ( not what we want to believe ) as I think all politicians get want they want in the end-- Kates needs were only achieved in the End -- No disrespect to Tom but I did feel that to many sentences Started with she --- also continuous ref to her actions she did this she did that it may be me but this repeating made me sometimes think I know Tom Good Story