He's back!

Who is He?  John le Carre.  And he is back with a new tale of suspense and intrigue.OUR KIND OF TRAITOR  (978-0-670-02224-3) is le Carre's debut with a new publisher, Viking.  The tale?   A young British couple  decide to have a very special vacation in the Caribbean.  And then, Perry plans to change is life and do something different.  Little does he now.  Perry was a tutor of literature at an Oxford college and a ranked amateur tennis player.  Gail is rising star as a barrister and the long time girl friend of Perry.  They are looking forard to this dream vacation that may well be the beginning of a nightmare.This is to be a tennis vacation of a life time.  But not in the way they plan.  While at the resort they meet a Russian family  who have many secrets and seems to be deliberately seeking them out.  And not just for tennis.  Le Carre has not had his flair for clever plots diminish over time.  It appears that the Russian  is one Mr. Dima and he and his family are more than they seem.  Dima is a member of a Russian criminal brotherhood and he wants to rat out his fellow cohorts  He also wants to tell how even international financial business is influenced by this criminal brotherhood.  Gail and Perry are sucked into a plot of fear, defection, danger, and actual spying.  They become foils for British intelligence as well a target for both sides.  After reading the  adventure titles mentioned in the previous post, I was delighted to go back to a book by a master.  The plot featured ordinary people who became involved in extraordinary things.  It was timely is its coverage of the Russian and eastern Europe crime lords in many countries.  The characters are well developed with a back story to make them believable. I was fascinated by the extended Russian family and would have loved to have learned more.  The children hold many of the keys and the secrets.  The reader really care about what will happen to the future of Gail and Perry after they have been used and spit out by the government.  The book tackles the morality of getting involved in situations such as this as well as how much pressure can be used by government sources to gain what they want.   And does the end justify the means?  The ending of this book is fascinating and may pose a question instead of an answer.  This is  well worth reading.