There was a 'John Wayne' moment in Adrian McKinty's latest Sean Duffy novel. The seventh by my reckoning, and a long awaited return. I mainly note it because whatever Duffy's faults in the past, I'll admit this came as a surprise.
But other than that, it was good to be with Duffy again. The 1990s have just begun, and will it be a new and bright future? Well, with hindsight we know what we know now.
Duffy is on his way out, but is dealing with a double - or is it triple? - agent. They can be hard work, but then, it's probably a nerve-wracking occupation, if you think about it. And there is a missing traveller girl, and no one cares all that much. It's what happens to such people, seems to be the general consensus.
I did half sort of see the ending coming, but it was none the worse for that.
I'll be interested to see what a new Duffy might be like. And I would like for him to be published in the UK too. This one seems to come only from across the Atlantic. Do we really care so little?
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