Nora Baron returns! The CIA’s most unlikely agent faces her deadliest challenge yet among the islands of the West Indies in this nonstop thriller from USA Today bestselling author Tom Savage. “Tom Savage knows the mystery novel inside and out.”—James Patterson A typical middle-aged couple on a first-class Caribbean cruise: That’s what the CIA needs for its latest mission, and husband-and-wife … its latest mission, and husband-and-wife agents Jeff and Nora Baron leap at the chance. All they have to do is observe and report on fellow passenger Claude Lamont—a shady French businessman who’s attracted the Company’s interest—and his mysterious wife, Carmen. It’s an easy assignment . . . until a shopping trip at a port of call turns deadly, and Nora and her husband are forced to split up.
After Carmen abruptly disembarks, Nora follows her to Martinique while Jeff remains on board with Claude. But the beautiful French island holds a shocking secret. One American agent has already vanished from the area, and Nora soon learns why. A shadowy international terrorist known only as Diablo has come to the islands for a sinister purpose. With Jeff out of contact, Nora investigates on her own. But Diablo is waiting for her, and now Nora Baron is trapped between the Devil and the deep blue sea.
Be sure to read all four titles in Tom Savage’s exciting Nora Baron series:
MRS. JOHN DOE | THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH | THE SPY WHO NEVER WAS | THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SPY
And don’t miss his standalone thriller A PENNY FOR THE HANGMAN!
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I’ve enjoyed this series since the beginning. I’ve read and reviewed all of the books in the series to date. The books are easy, quick reads with engaging mysteries and plots, and the characters are enjoyable. I like that there is not anything graphic about them – they are entertaining spy thrillers without all the blood and guts that accompany so many in this genre.
This one was, once again, a quick and easy enough read that was pleasant because it brought me back to characters I’ve enjoyed. But I must admit that I keep finding each of the titles to require a bit more of a stretch, believability wise, than the previous book – and that may finally have reached a head for me here. The construct is a pleasant enough one – a “normal” woman who finds herself enmeshed in her husband’s Secret Life as a spy turns out to have a knack for the job and finds herself occasionally drawn in when the CIA needs someone off their grid. But at some point, when the norm repeatedly out-spies the spies, the stories start to require a bit more suspended disbelief then I enjoy providing. The stories are still enjoyable – there’s nothing wrong here, I’m just starting to feel like the series may have run its course for me as a reader.
Thanks to NetGalley for my review copy.
Reminds me a little of Mrs Pollifax..a younger version
The Devil and the Deep Blue Spy is Tom Savage’s fourth novel in the Nora Baron Thriller series. Tied up in a storage shed on a tropical island, Nora mentally reviews how it was she had arrived at this point. The mission, the cruise, the targets, what clue had she missed to land herself here?
It all began as agency director Hamilton Green approached Nora and her husband, Jeff, to take on a mission together posing as a couple on a second honeymoon cruise. They were to watch Claude and Carmen Lamont. Claude was suspected of supporting the terrorist known as Diablo. Diablo was on the most wanted list yet the only pictures the agency had were sketches, the most detailed one having been drawn be a woman thought to have been one of his victims.
After Nora thwarted an attempt on Carmen’s life, she began focusing her efforts on Carmen and her safety. This results in Nora and Jeff dividing up, each watching one of the couple. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that Nora is the only one doing the watching when she begins working with junior agent Ellie Singer. Was it luck that they were able to avoid their watcher, or was it part of the plot for the set up meeting with Diablo?
This is an exciting adventure that places Nora and Jeff together on a mission for the first time. However, it is Nora who stumbles into the devil’s lair. With a cast of interesting characters, a sultry tropical setting, and a most unexpected hero, this novel definitely lives up to its predecessors in the series. I did enjoy this book and I do recommend it!