An explosion on a flight from New York to London crashes, killing all those on board, including the wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren of former Cherub chairman 'Mac' McAfferty. When the twelve year-old son of import/export dealer Hassam bin Hassam makes an aborted anonymous call to the crash tip line, an inexperienced officer classes it as a D-grade call, low priority for follow up, but Mac hears genuine fear and distress in the boy's voice. He puts two cherubs on to it, experienced agent Lauren and novice (and her best friend's younger brother) Jake. There's not ime for the usual stealthy iniltration, so Lauren and Jake approach Hassam, the bullied only Arabic student at his private school, directly.
The Sleepwalker (the title is only clear right at the end of the book) retains the combination of quality writing, strong character development, advancing story arcs and fast-paced plot that the previous eight books demonstrated. The focus has shifted a little from James, though he's still present in the story, and on to Lauren, who's starting to come in to her own after a rocky patch. This is thoroughly enjoyable reading, and I'm anxiosly awaiting my reservation for book ten to become available. - Alex
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