Reverend Dumb

The Brexit vote and the European Football Championship is the backdrop for this novel. During this period, a delegation of seven Chinese investors arrive to explore purchases. Deputy Director Caulfield of the British Security Services is assigned to interact with them. One of the delegation, Reverend Uhm is familiar to Caulfield from his days in Hong Kong, but there is something odd about his behavior. As the plot thickens, several members of the delegation die and Uhm, who doesn't speak much, spends most of his time away from his comrades. But there is a lot more going on in the story and Scantlebury does a nice job of mixing it all in. 4 Stars