A review by mpetruce
The Messenger by Daniel Silva

2.0

Not too bad. A lot of the usual setup, and the book really gets going once the op that ends each book gets going.

This particular book suffers a little bit from previously established hyper-competency. If the the Israeli secret services knew about all these bad guys as bad guys, I'm not sure they needed the catastrophe that starts the book as a catalyst.

One big problem I had: a big reveal that just ... happens.

Spoiler

So, when the bad guys discover that there is a spy in their midst, they reveal themselves to the spy (by monologuing, of course) but neither the spy, nor the leader, learns how they knew in such great detail. They just did. And then closer to the end, there's yet another "Suddenly! This guy was revealed to be a bad guy!"

Also, there was a small loose end that never got tied up.

But still a fun series that I will continue with.