Excellent bait—I’m hooked! The second sentence told me this author used intriguing phraseology. “the frenzied stench of self-perpetuation was like a smog...”. The female protagonist is portrayed as strong, capable, yet feminine. Female Bond type in current history. Pulling no punches by delineating US and England stresses — lack of trust. Excited to read more. I will be checking out other books by this author. I loved Robert Ludlum as apparently does this author.