No Exit

From Publishers Weekly Great Britainisolated, defenseless, abandoned by its traditional alliesis a Soviet target in this thought-provoking suspense novel by the author of Operation 10. Michael North, a BBC correspondent assigned to Moscow, is given vital information by Pachenko, a trusted Russian friend, to be passed on to Britain's Foreign Secretary. The microfilm reveals a plot by the Soviet Union to take advantage of Britain's estrangement from the rest of Europe to launch a full-scale military invasion. When Michael is sent back to Moscow to learn more about the plan, he takes with him Carol Rogers, a government agent masquerading as his wife, and romance blossoms. But Michael is arrested by the KGB, framed with the murder of Azhimov, the source of his information, and as he, Carol and Pachenko look helplessly on, a Russian takeover of Britain seems imminent. Clean, crisp writing and sympathetic characters make this a satisfying thriller. October 29 Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal The British Isles sit friendless and vulnerable. The previous government pulled out of the Common Market and NATO, and the new ruling party has the thankless job of getting the country back on its feet. When Michael North, a BBC correspondent in Moscow, is asked by a high-level Russian to deliver a package to the British government, he becomes the target of violence by the KGB and of close attention from his own security service. The documents reveal plans for a Soviet military invasion of Britain, and North is returned to Moscow along with a security agent ``wife'' in an attempt to thwart the plan. Their eventual success, surrounded by undeveloped subplots and a predictable romance, produces an irritating froth of entertainment rather than a satisfying thriller. John North, Ryerson Polytechnical Inst. LRC, Toronto Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.