It has been a long time since I read a Matt Helm book and I really enjoyed this one. Plenty of action, intrigue, and twists. You really don't get the whole story until the end. These are nothing like the movies and not as fantastical as the Bond stories, which I'm a fan of as well. One thing to keep in mind when reading these is when they were written. Helm is very much a product of his time. Still, I could easily see a nice modern action flick made based on this story that would be as good as any other today. Would be nice to see a new, less campy Matt Helm movie, not that I don't enjoy the Dean Martin movies for what they are.