When a butterfly flaps its wings in the Caribbean, it causes storms in Europe.
The British King and Prime Minister have arrived in Georgetown, Guyana, along with the leaders of the other fifty-five countries in the Commonwealth, for its biennial meeting. Two shots ring out causing panic on the steps of the Mahaica Convention Centre.
The previous month, Tina Persad, an MI6 agent with Caribbean experience, had been sent to find out whether rumoured threats to the meeting were real or not. Then days before it was due to start, she had disappeared without trace.
Michaela 'Mike' Kingdom, a CIA analyst in London, may have been the last person to see her alive when they had a drink together in The Green Feathers. With Tina missing, Mike makes it her mission to find her friend, despite warnings not to get involved.
The butterfly may have already flapped its wings, but can Mike find Tina before the Heavens open?
What did I think?
The Green Feathers is book 5 in the Mike Kingdom Thrillers series but it's the first one that I have read and I am HOOKED!!! I was a little concerned about jumping into such a well-established series at such a late point but I needn't have worried as I couldn't put it down.
The first thing that surprised me is that Mike is female (it's short for Michaela) and she is such an intriguing and fiery character; she's like a stick of dynamite and you really don't want to light her fuse! I really want to read more of her back story so I will definitely be adding the earlier books to my TBR tower.
The prologue is an absolutely brilliant hook and the shooting is mentioned in the blurb so it's not a spoiler to say that I couldn't read fast enough to discover who had got shot. Like a boxer on the ropes, the hooks just keep on coming when Mike's friend Tina goes missing. What did Tina discover and why don't the security services want Mike to look for her?
I'm surprised I didn't get blisters on my fingers I was turning the pages so fast. The Green Feathers has all the adjectives that thriller readers devour: it's intriguing, gripping, thrilling, fast-paced, compelling, tense and suspenseful to name but a few. I'm so pleased that I wasn't put off about starting the series so late and I will definitely be reading the earlier books and looking out for future instalments.
The Green Feathers is an outstanding spy thriller that has a razor-sharp plot, a blisteringly fast pace and is exquisitely written by David Jarvis. An easy five stars and a very highly recommended read.
I received a gifted paperback from the author that I chose to read; this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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