3.5⭐️s. A light and easy read, it tied in a few small WW2 spy moments into a post-WW2 PI/murder mystery and conspiracy. I liked the sarcastic and bantering dialogue and the consistent flow of the book. It wasn’t too slow and didn’t get boring, and I mostly like Nick and Evelyn as characters. 

Some of the plot felt a little too coincidental, easy, or unrealistic though. And I get so tired of romances gone wrong because of jumped-to conclusions and a lack of any questions. 

I’m not sure who wrote the blurb but they were really overly ambitious. It is not what I would call it emotionally rich - more basic level romance in an action book. Totally ok for the genre but not if you create that expectation. The comparisons to some other books felt far short, as they weren’t even the same settings as some of them, let alone depth. Taken as itself on its own 2 feet,  it would have felt like a better book than to line it up against those. 

Overall though, it was easy and uncomplicated and kept my attention and I do like it. 

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are mine.