Review: Mission Impossible - yes, it really is, but don't let that bother our CIS agents!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
This appears to be the fifth in the series involving the Canadian agents Justin and Carrie, who at home are mild-mannered and somewhat non-descript, so my first thoughts were, what's with the title? It soon turns out that the rogues are two others, caught up in a plot by sources of questionable ethics to acquire enriched uranium oxide (I am not quite sure why – processed uranium would be more useful) and then become residents of a North Korean prison. Justin and Carrie have to do something about these two. Yep, "Mission Impossible" rides again, only this time, in principle, it should be really impossible. In fact Plan A should not work; it does not so they resort to plan B. Oops, no plan B so improvise. For the discerning reader, try to work out why neither of these plans should work.  On the other hand, it is a great read without making any effort. The book is an action thriller that is very well written and Jones manages one of the longer action sequences I have seen. The North Koreans do not exactly shine, nevertheless the strategy employed is reasonable, even if it does require some rather stodgy Koreans. The book starts with two basic strands, and although to start with you might wonder how these can come together, at the end they do, and quite plausibly. The writing is fluid and is very easy to read, and the pages fly. Excellent reading for vacation spare time, and pretty good for other times too.