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At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon
4.0
In an alternate Europe where paranormal talents began to appear in the general population after the Great War, tensions are building between England and Germany again. The rise of the Nazis and their advanced research into the talents they have available have created opportunities for them that England is ill-prepared for.
Kim Tavistock has recently returned to England from work in America as a journalist. At the secret English talent research facility of Monkton Hall where she is a test subject she becomes involved is espionage when it is suspected that the head of the facility is a German spy. Soon she is swept up in activities outside of the facility, and with the unknown involvement of her own father who is part of British Intelligence. Whether she realizes it or not, Kim is a player in a deadly game.
I thought this was terrific, and fairly typical of Kenyon's work. She has a genius for creating interesting characters and putting them in prolonged positions of jeopardy. The small flaw being the "prolonged" part, where the suspense is maintained for a long time because different players in the action are simply unaware of knowledge that the others are party to. Like very few writers that tend to drag things out though, Kenyon's writing is good enough to make the suspense worthwhile sitting through, and while this book is the first of a series, it does have a satisfying conclusion in this volume.
Highly recommended.
Kim Tavistock has recently returned to England from work in America as a journalist. At the secret English talent research facility of Monkton Hall where she is a test subject she becomes involved is espionage when it is suspected that the head of the facility is a German spy. Soon she is swept up in activities outside of the facility, and with the unknown involvement of her own father who is part of British Intelligence. Whether she realizes it or not, Kim is a player in a deadly game.
I thought this was terrific, and fairly typical of Kenyon's work. She has a genius for creating interesting characters and putting them in prolonged positions of jeopardy. The small flaw being the "prolonged" part, where the suspense is maintained for a long time because different players in the action are simply unaware of knowledge that the others are party to. Like very few writers that tend to drag things out though, Kenyon's writing is good enough to make the suspense worthwhile sitting through, and while this book is the first of a series, it does have a satisfying conclusion in this volume.
Highly recommended.