The Double Agents

The Double Agents by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV

Category: Military Fiction Grade: A

OK - new rule. I read a fair amount of serial fiction. Griffin is probably the best example. As I've said in the past, I've probably read more books by him than any other author (39 and counting). In general, a series is either good or bad without a lot of variation from book to book. So from now on, series fiction will get really short reviews - it's just getting hard to think of something clever to say about what's essentially one long book.

This one is the sixth book in the Men at War series about the OSS, the predecessor to the CIA. It takes place during World War II. Griffin always throws in some element of soap opera - there's always at least a few heaving breasts - but is books are uniformly entertaining and action packed. This one is too. Enough said.

(Actually, there is one thing out of the ordinary about this one -- David Niven, Peter Ustinov and Ian Fleming are all a major part of one of the story lines.)