Another Steve Berry book. I loved his book The Jefferson Key so when I saw this book sitting on the shelf I had to go for it. Cotton Malone is back. He is a former Justice department operative who even though he is technically retired keeps getting dragged back into service. FYI his real name is not Cotton but Harold. It really bothered me to think that a woman would name her baby Cotton. Honestly I don't know why it just did. Thankfully this is a nickname.
Anyway Cotton's old boss Stephanie Nell asks Cotton to escort a young British male back to England. Cotton had just picked up his son Gary from the States to take him to Copenhagen for a week. The now "retired" Cotton lives and owns a book store in Copenhagen. Both Cotton and Gary just found out that Gary is not Cotton's biological son. Cotton's ex wife Pam, will not provide any information on who the father is and Gary is pissed off at her. Pam thinks a time out for both of them might ease the tension between her and her son.
Cotton is asked to escort Ian back to England because he is wanted for questioning about a murder and a missing flask drive. Cotton thinking that this would not be a big deal agreed. Turns out there is more going on than just returning an underage boy to London and Cotton gets caught up in the operation King's Deception.
One of the main reason I really like Steve Berry is because of the history he incorporates in his books. In the Jefferson Key it was all about Presidents of the United States. In King's Deception the historical story is about Queen Elisabeth I. I have always found her to be an extremely interesting British Monarch. Maybe because she is the daughter of Henry XIII and we all know about Henry. Maybe because she was a decent ruler. Berry writes an extremely plausible story of a deception surrounding Elisabeth. I will say no more except that I really enjoyed the book.
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