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Title: Disappointing
Review: Having loved "The Unlikely Spy" for its depth, subtlety, and complexity, I was especially disappointed by the shallow, cliched characterizations and predictable plot of "Mark of the Assassin." Taken on its own, it has a compelling premise - political and economic intrigue surrounding a terrorist attack on a commercial airline flight. The author raises interesting issues but doesn't go anywhere with them, staying instead with a race-against-time or chase-scene type approach. The ending set the stage for a sequel, but I'm not in a hurry to read it.
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