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Title: Too snarky and exaggerated for my taste
Review: I picked up this novel expecting a fluid, suspenseful spy thriller. Unfortunately, it reads like a first attempt at a pulp novel. The protagonist (Micah Dalton) is not believable as a "real" human being, much less like a veteran intelligence officer and professional "cleaner." I had to put the book down after a scene in which he kills two muggers in front of a small crowd of street urchins, only to burst into show tunes, a series of elaborate bows, and then shouting Shakespeare in the middle of the city streets at night - not exactly what you'd expect from someone whose job is to remove all traces that anything covert is under foot. Attempts at wit and cynicism by the author just come off as snarky and hyperbolic and story development is obscured behind spy/action film cliches. If you like your espionage cold, crisp, and intelligent, look elsewhere.
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