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Redeye

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This is another solid work by this author. I kept interested through out the full book. The plot is very well put together and you believe each twist and turn. This author always writes an easy to read novel and this is no exception. My favorite from him is Crux.

A book of mystery and conspiracy. Holds you the entire way through. Brothers each unaware of the others existence. They come together in a very different family reunion.

"Redeye" by Richard Aellen had a good idea on paper. Good American journalist tries to stop evil twin, who happens to be a communist, from carrying out his evil plan, in this case, an assasination. However, it didn't quite work out that way. The journalist was the only really fully developed chatcter. His ignored wife Joanna is simply one note, and Karl, his evil twin, has no redeemable qualities. Add a slightly bonkers CIA psychologist to the mix, and you have quite a muddled, and actually quite boring story. Yes, there are a few thrills, seeing Mark escape the East Germans is one. Another is the scene at the hospital near the end where Mark is in a battle agaisnt time to save Joanna. Reading this now makes you realize how dated this book was.