I'm afraid that I can't recommend Vollmer's book. In an interview published at Literary007.com, Vollmer says that he was shown a synopsis of Geoffrey Jenkins' Per Fine Ounce, but was unable, due to copyright, to write a book of similar content. He further says that this current book "has no similarity" to Jenkins' book. What we have, therefore, is a Guy Peace continuation novel, not in any way related to Bond.
Even as a standalone thriller, this book has many problems. There are a couple of decent set pieces, and the final sequence is good enough, but somewhere in the middle it appears that the publisher's editor must have taken a prolonged tea break. I confess that my own writing is often plagued with various errors, but this is a published book, and I expect better. There are, for example, spelling errors and numerous grammatical usages that are decidedly odd. Here are some examples (I could have quoted dozens):
1. "He recognized others, they mostly VanRhyn's henchmen."
2. "As expected, this was brightly lit, this by huge mercury-vapour lights, which were strung along the top of the ceiling, this in rows way above them."
3. "Cherry went first, it immediately obvious that this was nothing new to her as the turnbuckle on her harness drummed as she deftly let the rope slide through her fingers as she swiftly dropped to the ground where she remained crouched."
4. "He realized that it had to half [sic] some sort of restraining strap."
It wasn't long before these sorts of issues became seriously distracting. At least there were moments of comic relief: "A small tracking device had been sewn into the lining of each of their jumpsuits, no doubt a precaution to enable them to be tracked." Yes, no doubt.
Lastly, and by no means least, Mrs. Tallon and I were in hysterics over the following: '"Here goes," Peace said with an intake of breath." If you're having a hard day or just need a laugh, I invite you to try speaking while you inhale. Yes, it can be done, but the results are amusing in the extreme.
