Better than the 1st in the series, but...

What kind of English speaker writes, "...her to whom he had given his heart,"? Subject, object, who cares? Or, should one say "whom cares"? Oh, dear, all these pesky rules. Or, "He was unwittingly surprised, " as he knew he was surprised, then , was he reluctantly surprised, too dim witted to know he knew he was surprised, or...was the book translated from another language by a translator of limited ability? OK.So, having gotten that out of my system, yes, it was a more engaging and believable book than book #1 in the series. At least, though credulity was stretched, this was much more fun -and the "spy" business had rather less focus on it in the story development- more focus on detective investigation of private citizens- so it seemed less silly. The romance aspect was rather nicely done, actually. I'd say don't bother with the first book, go for book #2 .

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