The only niggle I had with the story – which made me rate this book 4 stars – is the numerous characters. The story ends with a cliffhanger… after all, this is just the beginning of a major blowout. Also, the aforementioned mystery and conspiracy kept me guessing till the end. I loved the series plot and the character introductions.

😉ĭeep Sleep is a perfect start to a politico-espionage thriller series. Without giving away any spoilers, I would say the ‘mystery’ has something to do with a slowly brewing conspiracy that might bring down… um, I said no spoilers. Soon, Devin and Karl join hands and vouch to solve the mystery Helen Gray uncovered. Devin’s father insists on a funeral but nobody turns up… nobody except Devin’s childhood friend and ex-helicopter pilot Marie Young and Karl Berg, Helen Gray’s CIA colleague.

The victim is rescued and that is what matters… Devin and his colleagues are sent on a two-week paid vacation just to hide from the FBI and other alphabet agencies who might come around asking questions.ĭevin learns of his mother’s death. The mission is aborted when things go a little sideways. The goons ‘recruited’ to cause damage if the victim does not agree are not young – they are middle-aged and not very agile. Meanwhile, the operation Devin is currently assigned to seems to be more than just a honey-trap. But just before her death, she leaves one last message for her son, Devin. Both Helen and Wilson are killed in the attack. Helen successfully kidnaps Wilson but is ambushed on her way to a secure location. (Well, the story begins with Israel’s Iron Dome malfunctioning but there isn’t a lot of info on this once Devin comes into picture.) Meanwhile, Helen Gray makes her way into the old age home where her target is currently residing under the name Wilson. The story begins with Devin in the middle of a honey-trap operation. But when he learns of her death from his father and then receives her instructions, he vows to find the mystery behind the secret operation that might concern the country’s national security.ĭeep Sleep is the first book in Steven Konkoly’s Devin Gray series.

Before dying, she leaves a message for her son…ĭevin was in the middle of a job when his mother was killed. But on her way to the secure location, she is ambushed and killed. She believed there was more at stake than it seemed to be but in the process of stopping a national catastrophe, she lost her fame, job and family. Helen was a former CIA officer who involved herself into a secret operation that finally led to her disgraceful fall from the bureau. Counter-surveillance expert Devin Gray is thrown headlong first into a new territory after the death of his mother Helen Gray.

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