A U.S. senator is assassinated, and a young agent is on the trail of the killers; but when her own father's name comes up in her search, the professional becomes personal in Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair.
Her father is also a spy, and his misadventures early in his career gives the title a double meaning.
Pitoniak's globe-trotting thriller is one of those breezy affairs where everyone moves in rarefied circles of power and nobody has to settle for drive-thru takeout. When one is in the mood for a book like this, it's a treat, even though I would rate it a little lower than the average le Carre or Deighton spy novel.
Overall I enjoyed Pitoniak's work and would read more from her.
I checked this out from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana.
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