Book Review: Spies Among Us

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May 17

Spies Among Us

by Mel Harrison

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Spy

ISBN: 9798987222614

Print Length: 363 pages

Reviewed by Peggy Kurkowski

This fifth installment of the Alex Boyd series begins with Alex following his wife Rachel to an important posting in London at the U.S. Embassy that could advance her career at the State Department.

As regional security officer, Boyd makes all the essential contacts at the embassy to start his own three-year assignment providing security for visiting dignitaries and American heads of state. Rachel's new responsibilities include an interim posting as Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy, which makes for moments of lighthearted banter between the couple: Rachel is now Alex's "boss," at least for a little while.

But an ongoing investigation into potential leaks at the higher levels of the U.S. government follow them to London. As both Alex and Rachel know, "the West was bleeding agents and classified material at an alarming rate," to Russia. Little do they know—a smaller operation closer to home will reveal a connection neither of them would ever suspect.