Engrossing story of espionage, action, thrills thrown in “Rip Tide” by Stella Rimington, a fast paced spy novel.

Liz Carlyle is a MI5 operative and concerned when Somalian pirates hijack a relief agency ship in which one British Asian is caught. The Briton, Amir Khan, a Pakistani origin Britisher is just one rung of a huge operation which is planning some major hit mission in Britain.

Though they don’t know it at first, meticulous investigation brings forth a sinister design to enlist radicalised British Pakistanis through the devious Athens route, which involves hijacking relief carrying ships with valuable cargo.

Carefully drawn plot by Stella Rimington, the ex head of MI5 in Britain, makes it an entralling novel with lots of action and drama. Goodreads 5/5