01 Mar 2011 03:21:04
Boyd introduced Vail in "The Bricklayer." Vail, a disgruntled former FBI agent who preferred the building trade to the bureau's red tape, agreed to help his old employer if he answered only to the director and had no interference.
The arrangement didn't make a lot of the FBI brass happy, the same ones who love proper procedures, but it got results.
In "Agent X," Vail, who has happily returned to his new profession, refuses to accept that he's been dumped by the FBI's Kate Bannon, who has decided there are too many obstacles to a romantic relationship, despite the attraction and their ability to work together. So Vail shows up for New Year's Eve, only to find the romantic evening he had hoped for has become very complicated.
Again, reluctantly, Vail is drawn into working for the FBI, this time looking for a Russian intelligence officer known as Calculus, who says he can supply the agency with a list of people giving information to the Russians, including a high-level member of one of the intelligence agencies.
The plot is intricate, loaded with puzzles that Vail and Bannon must solve and rife with danger they must survive. It is anything but predictable. Boyd is masterful at throwing devious twists and turns, and Vail is adept at figuring out where they lead.
Adding to the fun is the attempt by Vail and Bannon to figure out their personal relationship. They are attracted to one another, but there is an understanding of each other's inability to trust.
The arrangement didn't make a lot of the FBI brass happy, the same ones who love proper procedures, but it got results.
In "Agent X," Vail, who has happily returned to his new profession, refuses to accept that he's been dumped by the FBI's Kate Bannon, who has decided there are too many obstacles to a romantic relationship, despite the attraction and their ability to work together. So Vail shows up for New Year's Eve, only to find the romantic evening he had hoped for has become very complicated.
Again, reluctantly, Vail is drawn into working for the FBI, this time looking for a Russian intelligence officer known as Calculus, who says he can supply the agency with a list of people giving information to the Russians, including a high-level member of one of the intelligence agencies.
The plot is intricate, loaded with puzzles that Vail and Bannon must solve and rife with danger they must survive. It is anything but predictable. Boyd is masterful at throwing devious twists and turns, and Vail is adept at figuring out where they lead.
Adding to the fun is the attempt by Vail and Bannon to figure out their personal relationship. They are attracted to one another, but there is an understanding of each other's inability to trust.
