Piedmont Conspiracy Book

This was an excellent audio book since it was read by Patrick MacNee (aka John Steed of the Avengers) & the main character resembled Steed in many ways. He was a cop, not a spy, but he had the same class & excellent skills, even though it was his first day on the new job. While the coincidence & some of the cliches might seem like a bit too much if I were to describe them flatly, in the context of the story, the way everything twists together & contrasts at the end make it a masterful, interesting tale of mystery & mayhem. It's only when it is all done that it's possible to look back & just marvel at how he braided all the similarities & disparities together - if things had been just a little different...

I don't know if reading the next in the series is such a good idea. It has a lot to live up to, but I'm going to give it a shot soon.