I'm not quite sure why I starting reading this title when my TBR list is so long - probably because the blurb/title indicate that it is (mostly) set in Paris, and I tend to like books set in France. But in any case, having started it, I couldn't put it down, and I'm not usually much of a thriller reader, so that's unusual for me. I believe this is the author's first thriller, and I hope he writes more. Oh, and the blurb says it was short-listed for the CWA International Dagger.
In any case,
A Long Night in Paris (apa
Unit 8200 in other languages than English) by Dov Alfon has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK again.
link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0791J454C
Spoiler:
Quote:
From a former Israeli intelligence officer, comes the most realistic, thrilling and authentic thriller of the year.
Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger.
"Breathlessly exciting" Marcel Berlins, The Times.
"Races along with pace and verve" Adam LeBor, Financial Times
"A genuinely thrilling espionage novel" John Williams, Mail on Sunday
"A is deeply enjoyable espionage thriller" Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph.
When an Israeli tech exec disappears from Charles de Gaulle airport with a woman in red, logic dictates youthful indiscretion. But Israel is on a state of high alert nonetheless. Colonel Zeev Abadi, the new head of Unit 8200's Special Section, just happens to have arrived on the same flight.
For Commissaire Léger of the Paris Police, all coincidences are suspect. When a second young Israeli from the flight is kidnapped, this time at gunpoint from his hotel room, his suspicions are confirmed - and a diplomatic crisis looms. As the race to identify the victims and the reasons behind their abductions intensifies, a covert Chinese commando team watches from the rooftops, while hour by hour the morgue receives fresh bodies from around Paris.
This could be one long night in the City of Lights.
Translated from the Hebrew by Daniela Zamir.
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