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Reader Reviews 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful: Interesting relic of the cold war, June 20, 2001 Reviewer: Martha E. Nelson from Watertown, Wisconsin I do like Dick Francis novels, and I do admit, as many other reviewers have said, that there is a certain predictability to the plots of many of them. What I find myself looking for, in mancy cases, is the philosophy beyond the plot. In this case, the plot is about an attempt to sabotage the Moscow Olympics. The plot holds together well, but what I enjoyed about this book is that it is a glimpse of the end of cold war Russia (of course from a British perspective) and it is an attempt to think about the personal decisions that humans make which shape of our lives and about personal freedom. I think Francis does a good job with these rather weighty themes, within the framework of the mystery/thriller genre that he has perfected over time.
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