And so onto the 3rd book in the series, which can be read as a standalone. This time the trouble comes to Powell’s bar in Brighton with a request to help an old friend who he met in Saudi Arabia called Lara.
I found Deception to be far better than the two previous books in the series. Bill continues with the same characters from book 2 and there is more gritty sex to enjoy! Deception weaves conspiracy and terrorism into the story which has a very good plot. This book is very much in the mould of the popular BBC television series Spooks.
I liked the questions Bill asked through his novel about the war on terror and how to deal with ISIS. These questions were thought provoking outside the plot of this novel and the many what-ifs make you wonder how far governments will go outside their borders. This book was written before the real-life chemical attack in Salisbury of Sergei and Yulia Skripal on the 4th March 2018. So Bill clearly had his finger on the pulse with exactly what can happen in the UK.
Deception captured my imagination and I found it thought provoking because of the problems caused by misinformation and the value of intelligence gathered under interrogation.
I liked how all the characters had to cope with misdirection and how the reader has to shift through all this data to see the wood for the trees. This unravelling of truths and plausible lies made for Deception to be an enjoyable and entertaining read. This makes Deception an OUTSTANDING 5 star read and shows that Bill has returned to the form he revealed when he published both Revenge and Encryption.
Deception was written in 2015 and is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook.
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