Our Man in Kuwait by Louise burfitt-dons blogtour

From world leading expert on chemical weapons Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE and author of Chemical Warrior ‘A brilliant marriage of fact and fiction’

A colonial-era thriller set against the background of big power conflict. The ultimate timepiece tinderbox of sun, sex and spies.

Kuwait 1960. With Soviet backing Iraq plans to invade.

Gordon Carlisle lives in the expat community of Ahmadi with little to worry about other than when to next don his dinner jacket.

Following contact by an MI6 agent everything changes.

Even marriage to his beautiful new wife Anita breaks down as he becomes a suspect in a chain of deaths in the Protectorate.

Ian Fleming’s time in Kuwait is recorded at first hand as Britain prepares to meet the Iraqi forces head on with Operation Vantage.

My thoughts

Growing up during the time when Iraq invaded Kuwait I remember the tension of that time and this is what Themis book feels like. I can feel the tension that the characters were feeling and could sympathize.

The characters themselves I am not fully into as much but I do enjoy the story. Generally I am more into the character building more so than story building but in this case I feel the story is pushing this into a better read.

I see a relationship that seems to be in problems at times but it isn’t like most. The woman seems unhappy with Kuwait and the man seems to be more thinking of the politics than anything else. The stress is very real for them.

Ophelia drives me nuts so much the way she acts and what she keeps on pushing for. It seems like she just wants to ruin everything for Gordon. Doesn’t want him to have a life or his love.

The book seems to have very many rude or obnoxious people. It makes the story a bit more endearing to me.

The mystery part wasn’t overly huge in the story. I found that it was more the after thought to the whole overall story.

For me this was great book and had so much to offer readers especially as stories to. The only item I would say wasn’t my norm was the characters they didn’t really have me feeling anything strongly.

The writing style was also very good and I would definitely read this author again. I can’t thank the author as well as Anne who organized the tour for this wonderful opportunity