The correct
answer to a strange question and a whole set of events is set into motion. Megan
does not have the faintest idea of what she has triggered a couple of days
before she is leaving Paris to spend some days in Berlin with her grandson. Her
husband., Chief Inspector with the French police, soon will find out what his
wife actually did and that she is in danger. When wife and grandson disappear
from their train, the situation becomes critical and international cooperation is
necessary not only to free them but to prevent one of the most horrible attacks
on the German capital.
Margaret de
Rohan’s novel is declared a thriller, yet thrill can hardly be found. Of course
there is a crime story, some spying and international entanglement, but to me
the novel lacked suspense throughout the story. One reason might be that I was
constantly wondering about unbelievable facts. How can grandparents still be
quite fit and work full time when they already have teenage grandchildren? And
how can they have those grandchildren when they had not even met 30 years
before? There is some side story in the German town of Neuwied – I still wonder
how you manage to get there on your way from Paris to Berlin, it does not make
sense at all, neither by car nor by train. And that you cannot make any phone
call with your mobile if you do not have an Wi-Fi – sorry, with only the
slightest technical knowledge I know that this is complete nonsense. Last point
to mention: a French policeman staying at the hotel Adlon? Who should pay for
the best and most expensive hotel in the whole country? The number of these
small remarks that made me wonder and they took away most of the fun and
annoyed me. Additionally, the characters did not really make the impression of
being fully elaborated, too many details just did not fit. All in all, I am
disappointed because from the description I had high expectations which were
not fulfilled at all.
