‘The descriptions and details in the novel are sharp as daggers. The short, yet fully realized scenes create a brisk pace, no character quite acts the way the reader might think and the plot is full of winding curves.
‘Croft masterfully includes contemporary geo-political intrigue into his fiction. Readers would be hard-pressed to find another novelist who can so ably describe the political relationships between Syria, Russia, England and the U.S….’
-Lisa Bower
‘Croft deserves credit for building his story line on an unusual foundation…’
-Publishers Weekly
‘Set in the early 1990s, The Wayward Spy takes the best of spy novels from the likes of Le Carre and kicks it up a notch. You can’t help but see yourself in Vaux, like him, or laugh at the foibles that being a spy entails, and you surely won’t want to miss the end of his advetures. Wayward this spy might be, but I found that I couldn’t put the book down.’
-San Francisco Book Review / Sacramento Book Review
‘Croft expertly develops the plot and reveals the mystery and deception in small portions, creating an insatiable craving for the reader….Read on to find out who is deceiving whom–en route to a startling and unexpected finish.’
–Todd Rutherford, the Publishing Guru.
‘Michael Vaux becomes a spy late in life. What MI6 doesn’t know is that he doesn’t always follow the rules. Fun read, like the great spy novels, but with added humor.’
–Cybergwen. Rated *****
‘Croft writes at a refreshingly methodical pace, which seems to have fallen out of vogue in spy novels. He is certainly closer to John Le Carre than Elmore Leonard….Our protagonist, Michael Vaux, is not a career intelligence officer. Rather he’s a retired journalist. He is independent-minded and seemingly never without a drink in his hand. Britains’ spy service, MI6, takes an interest in Vaux and leads him into an assignment–for Queen and country, he is assured–to reestablish contact with a friend who’s now Syria’s chief armaments buyer. The plot is elaborate and takes the reader down countless blind alleys. But the reader would be hard-pressed to see the final outcome.’
–Peter Willows, The Egyptian Gazette/Mail, Cairo.
* On Kindle’s TOP 10 best selling spy novels *
You are right, the russian want to keep their naval base in Syria
Posted by Grandperrin Pascal on February 11th, 2012.
How does iy cost?
Posted by KOUAM on March 28th, 2012.
I think this fucken poem is very stuipid
Posted by Amy Pieper on March 30th, 2012.
Haven’t read book yet, but summary sounds intriquing
Posted by Sophie van Coller on April 2nd, 2012.
the book’s even more intriguing! roger
Posted by Roger on April 7th, 2012.
what poem? you’ve lost me. roger croft
Posted by Roger on April 7th, 2012.
see amazon or kindle.
Posted by Roger on April 7th, 2012.
I think they will after all this hell is over. roger
Posted by Roger on April 7th, 2012.