FLASHPOINT

It's unclear why two narrators share the reading duties of this spy novel. But Melanie Ewbank and Patrick Lawlor carry the story well as they alternate chapters and provide adequate accents for the foreign characters encountered by special operations agents Tess Bailey and Jimmy Nash. The narrators supply appropriate emotional tones as the spies fall in love and capture the terror they experience while completing their mission. Both offer a gruff tough-guy characterization for the team's leader, Decker; in contrast, the author depicts him as a strong, yet gentle, type. Fans of the author may want to consider the print version. J.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 04]