The "Janson directive" is probably the best spy thriller I have read in the last year.
Forget Jason Bourne, Paul Janson is perhaps the best "spy" hero that I have come across in my fiction reads. Both Bourne and Janson are Robert Ludlum characters but whereas Bourne is a bit disjointed and perhaps too "unstoppable" - particularly in the earlier books - Janson comes across as more normal and human.
The story kicks off with the reader being introduced to security specialist Paul Janson who gets roped into organising a rush rescue mission for a high-profile billionaire who has been taken hostage. If Janson can't save the day, the world is going to witness said billionaire have his head lopped off on national TV.
Janson pulls together a team and successfully saves the day but by a quirk of fate isn't able to get onto the plane which is to transport the rescued party home... which turns out to be quite fortunate because a few minutes later the plan takes off and explodes.
That leaves Janson looking rather guilty, especially when an unexplained $16m turns up in his bank account and as we all know, renegades aren't really tolerated in the spy game. They send a crack team of snipers after him and he spends half his life ducking bullets in some rather tense situations.
Janson ends up managing to convince one of the snipers - Jessie Kincaid - that he is not such a bad guy and might not need to be on the receiving end of a bullet.
There is an excellent twist at the end of the book which leads to a tense finale.
If you like spy thrillers you can't miss this one.
You can buy it online from Kalahari by clicking HERE or on the book cover.
We rated it a 5 out of 5 and couldn't find anything to fault in it.
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