A Spy's Life

Robert Harland Series, Book 1

An ex-British spy finds himself dragged back into the world of espionage after a mysterious plane crash....

Robert Harland ended his career as a British spy in an Austrian hospital, after being tortured and beaten by Czech security agents in the last days of the communist regime. He was young enough then to find a new life with the Red Cross and then with the UN.

Twelve years later his UN plane crashes in mysterious circumstances at La Guardia airport, New York, and Harland is the only survivor. Was it sabotage and, if so, was Harland the target?

It is soon clear to Harland that the answers are to be found in his past, a past which, along with its secrets and tradecraft, he has desperately tried to forget. And now the crash has thrown him back into a world of relentless intrigue and mistrust, to his youth, and a life-changing love affair....

©2001 Henry Porter (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Gets worse as it goes

Decent start with maybe a bit of a miracle, but then just realize it is a series of implausible events as book continues.

Story lost in Narrative

After thoroughly enjoying Remembrance Day. I found this audio book very disappointing.
Unfortunately, the narrators attempts to act capture characters varying emotions seems out of sync with the actual dialogue and storyline. It became so annoying I found it difficult to follow the story.

Complex characters I liked this story very much and would recommend it to everyone

I enjoyed the issues that crossed Cold War and recent internecine conflicts. The impression of the US was perhaps a bit too shallow.
Nevertheless I would strongly recommend this book

This is Solid

If the other ratings for this book were accurate, I wouldn't have bothered finishing it.

I thought the story was above average. I thought that narrator was good. I appreciated that there was minimal sex and it wasn't unnecessarily graphic.

It's really annoying to me to see a book like this that is really good. Above average, with no clear weaknesses, and lower review scores than a lot of other books that follow over-used formulas in every single book, that sell and review so well, that they multi-book series.

A slow moving spy story

Not a bad read but underwhelming. Further character development required. Probably worth a credit though