THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS

The care with which a British intelligence agent and a German double agent protect themselves, their allegiances, and their personal love in Portugal during WWII makes this book's conclusion somewhat incomprehensible. But as a high-action spy thriller, spanning the timeframe between the London Blitz and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, this title is a compelling read. Sean Barrett carries off a large cast of characters, domiciled in a variety of Eastern and Western European sites and speaking English with precision-perfect accents and dialects. One listens to this story of lost love with a pulsating yearning. M.D.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 03]