A review by jakewritesbooks
Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst

4.0

I really do like Alan Furst's books but I wish I liked them more, if that makes sense. I've read three so far and they have the same static style, periods of parties and voyeurism mixed with pre-WW2 espionage. They're very good tourist reads and good espionage reads out of the Eric Ambler mold. It's just so difficult to kind of go from flat line to action in a brief time with little transition. It makes for a very herky-jerk pattern for the reader, which is frustrating. Still a good book, however, and I'll keep reading him.