The Handler by M. P. Woodward.

This book has non-stop action by multiple parties all chasing each other for the same goal ... and it’s totally believable! And, making things even more interesting, the lead characters are a husband-wife team of spies; she's the boss, he's been fired now she has to bring him back to work.

With worldwide locales, this book keeps moving from group to group, all with the same goal and each group must adapt to a changing circumstances. Adding to the plot we witness the individual political and career aspiration of all the characters.

Personally, I can see action like this taking place in the current time period and political situation.

I appreciate the opportunity to read this book based on the NetGalley Description and found this description to be accurate.

I haven’t read a spy novel in a very long time and this novel was a fantastic way to reintroduce myself to the genre. I initially was concerned it would be hard to follow, but it wasn’t and I breezed through the book, rapidly turning pages. If you enjoy a good, old-fashioned spy story, this one is highly recommended.

I loved this spy thriller and hope the author turns it into a series. The main character, Meredith, a CIA Operative is gutsy, smart, and someone I’d like to read about again. The author weaves a real page turner about espionage with Iran & Russia. I don’t want to give to much away, but if you like Daniel Silva, Alex Berenson or Karen Cleveland’s books, this book is for you.

Without a doubt, this is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It reminds me of early Mitch Rapp, or actually early Tom Clancy. Yes the plot line is somewhat far fetched, but as I digested it. I was stuck by the thought that this is totally realistic, and some flavor of this probably actually happened/happening. There's also not these crazy feats of super strength or unrealistic intelligence capabilities. Everything that happened most human beings could deduce, or physically do. I also like the way the main characters did not figure everything out. Like in other spy novels, they definitely would have figured out the Interpol thing and found some way to use it against the Russians. Where as the main characters never knew what was going on, and by the end of the book are still in the dark. I also like the way Woodward did no draw out the death of the honeytrap. It was a quick fight, just like it would be in real life.

Now here are some drawbacks about the book. As I mentioned, not everything is wrapped up nicely, which makes the book very realistic, but as a reader can be somewhat annoying. For example, Meth was interrogated, but we have no clue what happened, as Woodward didn't show us that crucial scene. Also the book just ended very abruptly. Almost as if it was mid chapter. I flipped the page expecting a new chapter and it was the glossary. Its "almost" a cliff hanger ending. There is some resolution but not much. Maybe that's what Woodward was going for, that you dont always know all the threads. However I'm really hoping that they will be adding a epilogue, or more than likely, this is the first of a series. But even if its the first of the series, an epilogue would have made the book much better.