Adding another jet-setting and thrill-heavy installment to his geopolitical saga, author Martin Smith drops an exotic bomb with Minion or Master III. Escaping a wild year on the other side of the world, George Howden finds himself on new business in Hong Kong in the tumultuous aftermath of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, where strike-free negotiations will be hard to come by. Not only that, but Mercator Tinopolis is still homicidally furious over a “stolen” shipping contract, Leonora has a mysterious target on her back in London, and the long reach of organized crime is muddying the waters for Howden’s ambitions – and morality. As with other books in the series, the prose has a tendency to get sluggish with procedural details, but the story is paced well overall with finely tuned moments of suspense, and a new cast of well-crafted characters, for a strong installment of this innovative collection of international thrillers.
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