I finished Charlie Muffin by Brain Freemantle last night. I found it an excellent Cold War espionage thriller. In his writing style and the type of characters he develops Freemantle reminds me a lot of Le Carré. The only problem with Charlie Muffin was that I was clued into the book from viewing a film adaption years ago. So I knew the basic twists and turns of the story. I am really looking forward to a blank slate with the book I just started, Comrade Charlie (another Charlie Muffin novel).