Review: Consistenty entertaining
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2012
I have read everything by this author. And like that of all his previous books, plot development,character development and story line are well researched. "The Birdwatchers" is a work of fiction, albeit very believable. The CIA based MP5 crew members are unfettered in their pursuit of the "bad guys" by acting both inside and outside the limits of their authority in order to upset the terrorist plan to destroy the United States. And as we know from what happened on 9/11,the MP5 team does not always succeed in protecting us from the terrorist plot.The author uses a time line to give the reader a "moment by moment" account of what the characters, whether good guys, or bad guys, involved in the various sub plots, are doing. The effect whets the reader's appetite to read on further to find out not only what is going to happen next, but by whom?. Frankly, I find this method of time passage, like that of the TV show 24,to be very engaging making it hard to put the book down.While each of the six MP5 books stands on its own, story wise,  I'd recommend reading the series from book one first, which will give the reader not only insight as to how the MP5 crew began but also a better understanding of how and why they interact as a team.