Empire State

This book showed promise. The plot appeared well thought out, and in the hands of a better author could have been a good thriller. However, it was let down by some very immature, unbelievable characters, some basic holes in reasoning and required a suspension of disbelief in order to allow the story......more

Interesting writer as always, and topical, factually interesting, but not up to the high standard of some of his others.......more

This was well written but lost it's way in the middle, meandering, as if the author wasn't sure what to do next with the plot. I almost lost interest. Picking it up later on was helpful and I enjoyed the last part. Overall, the book seemed far too long to me and would have had a better impact if it......more

Complicated, and I kept losing track of which characters were which - but I kept going because I wanted to find out what happened. Have read other Henry Porter books which I enjoyed much more.......more

#Empire State #Henry Porter #HighBridge #GrovePress #NetGalley This is a tale of espionage, terrorism, and counterterrorism. Robert Harland and Isis Herrick with MI6 need to figure out what links the murders of the head of NSA at Heathrow, a family at Uxbridge, and a group of refugees in Macedonia. I......more