_Operation: FREE BIRD_, A Review

Hello, All!

[I was able to read a pre-publication version of this book, and purchased it on its release date.]

The wait for the next installment (Gotta love the title!) in the Campbell/Greene Adventures is over! Once again, the team of Douglas Kimball, with Simon Templar as his technical advisor extraordinaire, delivers the perfect weekend getaway or staycation book. The story takes up after the medical cliffhanger at the end of book one , “Virga Joy”. As Colin Campbell, recovers from typhoid at a military hospital in Germany, in hopes of completing his Marine enlistment and returning to Costa Rica, he showcases his jazz piano talents for fellow patients, staffers, and even Armed Forces Radio and Television.

Meanwhile, at the “Rancho del Piper Nigrum”, Colin’s friend and partner in business and adventure, botanist Alan Greene, who’d been hastily removed from Afghanistan – and his covert work there – keeps the…