Sylvia's Simple Shots

 

A friend and I headed out for supper for my birthday.

I have been going to the restaurant for eons.  I think it was her first time.

Korean food is so good.

A good time was had.  It was a nice break with the move taking place next week.

The Trinity Six - Charles Cumming

A second world war story.  This time with Russians and the KGB and a history professor named Sam Gaddis located in London.

Gaddis contacts an elderly man called Thomas Neame, who knew the sixth man Edward Crane. He discovers that Crane was really a double agent who worked for the British, and Crane's death was faked by MI6 to protect him, on the instructions of John Brennan, who later became the head of MI6. Gaddis later discovers that Neame is Crane.

The medical staff who helped fake Crane's death are murdered by the Russians. Sir John instructs a female agent Tanya Acocella to discourage Gaddis from pursuing the case. Gaddis travels to Vienna to meet Robert Wilkinson, Crane's former handler. Wilkinson reveals that Sergei Platov, the Russian president and former KGB agent, tried to defect to the West in 1988. Wilkinson is murdered by the Russians after Brennan informs them of his location. Tanya helps extract Gaddis from Vienna.

Gaddis finds a video of Platov's defection attempt in Katya Levette's files, and makes several copies. The Russians discover his identity, but he is able to prevent them from harming him or his family by threatening to publish the video. It turns out that MI6 have been using Platov's secret to blackmail him for years.