Member Review

I’ve followed Charles Cumming’s Lalchlan Kite espionage series since the beginning and all books have been well plotted and compelling reads.
Icarus 17 is all of this and more!
Lockie’s wife and young child are now living in Sweden whilst he is still travelling a lot working for the secret spy agency, Box 88, the subject of book one in the series.
He is now running it and has numerous people working for him.
When his ex, Martha whom he has not seen for many years, contacts him, he is curious.
However she has a problem; her son, Max has disappeared on a gap year and is living completely off grid with his girlfriend somewhere in Greece.
Unable to refuse Martha for whom he still seems to have feelings, Lockie sets off to find Max with the help of his colleagues.
Meanwhile, Max and Yasmine are being pursued by some rather nasty people as they race across Greece and the Balkans- a kind of dangerous “Race Across The World” !
I thoroughly enjoyed this latest instalment in the series, particularly as it introduced a more personal element to the pursuit.
It was the sort of book that was hard to put down - I liked both the descriptions of Max and Yasmine’s flight and Lockie’s desperate efforts to find and help the young couple.
The ending was interesting and definitely set the scene for another book in the series. Hopefully I won’t have to wait too long before it appears!!
I’m a great fan of spy thrillers and Charles Cumming has created a wonderful character in the form of Lachlan “Lockie” Kite!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my advance copy.