A Way Out

Rating:
Summary: Very Good First Novel
Review: For a first novel, I found this an exceptionally good read.

Having found myself with a propensity over the past few years to put down a book "mid read" and never pick it back up again, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself reading Brook Gillespies spy thriller "A Way Out" in no more than a dozen sittings. Throughout the book, the authors attention to detail, coupled with his knowledge of past world events, politics and geography made this an exciting and riveting read from start to finish.

Watch out Clancy and Forsythe!

Rating:
Summary: Action thriller that delivers! Read it in 3 sittings!
Review: I've read a lot of Ludlum and Forsythe, love their stuff, and found this equally compelling. Who is Brook Gillespie?? new author?? - whoever, he's obviously got a knack for espionage thrillers. Can't wait until the next book.

Rating:
Summary: Good first effort!!
Review: The international intrigue genre is ever & always filled with limitless possibilities! The book is grammatically true enough to follow, in an easy read manner. The author has a good handle on the mood, dynamics and locales which are prevalent in his story. The characters are interesting and well-enough drawn but still leave us with a taste for more. The necessary romantic entanglement might still be somewhat underdrawn for my taste while the bloodletting is overdrawn but certainly different strokes for different folks is apropos. The protagonist is purposefully mysterious & could be further revealed in future episodes?. Others in the cast are equally interesting, albeit mostly all nasty. Most impressive are the geographic locales and details, ie. the old town quarter of Tallinn, Estonia (how many readers even know of the city) and the wild happenings of the exotic market in Istanbul, one of the world's 10 oldest & largest cities. I had some trouble reconciling the title of the novel with the actual & eventual outcome but others may see more clearly or not be so mindful. "A Way Out" is a fast paced, globe-hopping, plot-twisting novel with an X-generation equivalent to James Bond, an interesting evolution. While perhaps best suited to eventual big-screen production, the classic best form of media is always literature in novel form. The author should only improve.