Book Review: The Spy Who Haunted Me by Simon R. Green

• Genre: Urban Fantasy
• Hardcover: 400 pages 
• Publisher: Roc Hardcover
  
• Release Date: June 2, 2009
• Series: Secret Histories (Book 3)
• Source: Local Library

Blurb: Eddie Drood's evil-stomping skills have come to the attention of the legendary Alexander King, Independent Agent extraordinaire. The best of the best, King spent a lifetime working for anyone and everyone, doing anything and everything, for the right price. Now, he's on his deathbed and looking to bestow all of his priceless secrets to a successor, provided he or she wins a contest to solve the world's greatest mysteries. Eddie has to win, because King holds the most important secret of all to the Droods-the identity of the traitor in their midst...


Review:

Thus, fans return to the world of Eddie Drood aka Shaman Bond, secret agent extraordinaire, Drood family rebel, and field agent sworn to protect humanity -but most importantly, constant cheesy James Bond reference that never gets old. The Spy Who Haunted me is third book in author Simon R. Green's series about Eddie, and what was originally meant to be the final book of the series before it was later expanded before a trilogy.

In Spy Who Haunted Me, Eddie is faced with another wild road of unexpected twists and turns that takes me into the darkest parts of London. Though he had no intention of attracting attention, Eddie has captured the eye of Alexander King, who is looking to pass his power on to someone else who proves themselves worthy by winning a contest to solve the world's greatest mysteries -including the illusive Loch Ness monster.

For me, Spy had its ups and downs. While Green weaves another great tale with plenty of mysterious twists and unexpected situations, it just wasn't as compelling as the previous Secret Histories novels. Despite this, there were plenty of fun little Easter eggs for long time Green fans -Eddie takes a trip to the Nightside, and visits some old places and old friends that the Green-faithful have come to love. It's always fun to take a little walk on the Nightside.

While Spy was just a little off the mark, it was still an enjoyable read that had me flipping pages up until the very end and I will certainly be coming back for more.