THE LAST AGENT Charles Jenkins, Book 2

In this second audiobook in a series, Charles Jenkins returns to Russia to bring back an imprisoned woman from a past mission. Narrator Edoardo Ballerini is a master at voices. For Jenkins, he creates a slightly easygoing manner, and for his CIA contact, a youngish-sounding voice. For the Russians, he uses a pitch range: rising for a scared but strong woman, dropping a bit for an agent helping Jenkins, and then lowering even further for an impatient, growling nemesis. He's consistent with all of them in this exciting cat-and-mouse adventure, which blends classic espionage and a mystery. It's faster paced than John le Carré's work and not as campy as Ian Fleming's. M.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2021]