Friday, April 12, 2013

MR CALDER AND MR BEHRENS - Michael Gilbert



I thought I had a pretty good idea on what was written in this genre until I found this set of short stories involving two middle aged government intelligence agents.

The stories are all brilliantly crafted and the heroes are wonderfully ruthless. The last thing you never say to them is " you won't have the courage to pull that trigger' because thats the last thing you will ever say.

This collection has then ridding the United Kingdom of its enemies and lunatics at a rapid rate.

These are written as well as anything Ross Thomas crafted and that is the highest praise I can give a book.

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