Java Spider

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Summary: Actions all around the globe
Review: Most thrillers usually have action focused on one spotlight. Java Spider have several different spotlights, all packed with fast moving action, suspenseful moments and all equally important.

Stephen Bowen, junior minister at Westminster, disappeared during his private break after concluding an important arms deal on behalf of Her Majesty's government and the Indonesian government.

A couple of days after he was missed, a minor TV news channel in London was fed video of Bowen in captivity. His kidnappers demanded the UK cancel the arms deal and denounce the Indonesian regime for oppressing the natives of Kutu.

Nick Randall, Special Branch, and Charlotte Cavendish, news reporter, found themselves on their way to the far east. Meanwhile, the SIS agent in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, and those investigating in London, found clues that this was more than a mere publicity stunt by Kutuans. Big money is involved, very big money involving highly placed government officials.

The author did a good job in narrating the background in the Far East and developing the threads of events in different continents.

Nonetheless, the climax of finally locating the kidnapped minister was a big let down.