[STARLIT]

that the spy business ain’t what it used to be, back in the days of the Helen McInness novels!

I was a big fan of hers. I especially liked "The Salzburg Connection".

[STARLIT]

Vince Flynn books talk a lot about the Russian Gangs and their spy networks.

[miserare]

Yes! A marvelous writer. I was reading one of her books when I went into labor with my youngest. I still have the paperback, all yellowed with age. On the back cover I recorded the contractions, getting closer and closer together. I refused to go to the hospital until I finished the book!