Amanda Cole is stuck in a boring CIA posting in Rome when a Russian man comes in and tells her that a U.S. Senator is about to be assassinated in Cairo. When her boss refuses to act, Amanda finds herself leading the Rome CIA station and leading an investigation into the corporate blackmail and espionage scheme that led to the senator's murder. Along the way, she discovers that her father — Charlie, a CIA agent who is just months away from retirement — may have played an instrumental role in the plot...but for which side?
Bouncing back and forth in time between Amanda's investigation and the titular events 30 years earlier, this is a twisty, often confusing spy-filled plot, in which it's never clear who can and should be trusted. I'm not much of a spy novel fan, and this one didn't do much to change my mind. But for those who can't get enough of the Cold War in their fiction, it might be worth a read.
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