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AH! Now I'm more into it! Catton builds a web: everyone lies to everyone else. Carver/Wells using multiple names
Lauderback's affair with Lydia, she's married to Carver/Wells
Carver blackmails Lauderback with forged shipping receipts
Missing crate - Balfour knows it's gone, won't tell Lauderback.
Lauderback claims he doesn't know what "twinkle" Carver has on him; he clearly does
Balfour catches that lie at the end

Harrowing - slowing down my reading progress.
Endearing - reaching for my heart
Compelling - staring out of the dark night window.
Touching- I want to hug Ellwood & Gaunt close to my chest.

M came to power. Now he is busy pushing through electoral reforms in his favour.

What terrible elf’s! A vicious & demonic. Poor lead girl!

Goody! 76 pages later and it’s 4pm in Tel Aviv according to the Israeli Embassy code room. So, 4.5 hours expired since Léger explained the airport lift situation to Abadi. Can it be possible the long night in Paris is about to kick off?

At least the real estate agent got his excellent commission from his Chinese customers. Is the story still on Monday, 16 April? This date stamp has not been confirmed at a chapter end for a while. It leaves me wondering….

And the Abadi appointment saga continues. With General Rottelmann seething over his indifferent tasting coffee. There best be a darn good explanation for the plenty reading time demanded from me on this issue as I have just spent ten minutes with Oriana in her car, then with her duty sergeant on this issue, including high security clearance letters. Do the Israeli Intelligence really spend so much time on dribble?

Am I allowed to say…Chapter 19…so far, so boring? Each chapter start jumps to another dead boring scene….my fingers are crossed for a honey comb, tightly weaved intrigue somewhere along the road to THE END…cause right now, those are the only two words I wish to read, as I have yet to stumble across fast paced international espionage thriller.

Brilliant‼️ Laugh out loud fun‼️😍

‘You want to shit?’ asked Edik, the old bearded peasant, who had heard Kolya’s complaints and now turned to give advice.
‘Boil some buckthorn bark and drink the water. Never fails.’
‘Wonderful. You see any buckthorns around here?’ Edik glanced at the roadside pines and shook his head. ‘I’ll give a whistle if we pass any.’

I love this story sooo much! Reading slow! Like eating a casserole! Dread what I will do after finishing this story! 🥵

Love is so far. Fast paced and spot on with quirky Russian humour. Ghastly horrors of the war time deprivation accurately described.

Finished reading.