Books like The Faithful Spy

Well...I think for you bottom line types I'd say this one is, "not bad". I'm not thrilled about it but neither am I really disappointed. I'll give some details below but I know some like an answer of sorts "up front".Now what's good and what's not. Well the story is treading some well trodden ground though with a new twist. John Wells is a deep, deep cover CIA agent. He is the only agent CIA has ever place in al-Qaeda. Sadly there's a lot of doubt about him "back in Washington" as he doesn't check in very often (we're talking years here).The story has for me a couple of real problems. First John having been under for SOOOOO LONG he's lonely and goes on and on about it. He's angsty and frankly annoying at times. (I'll mention one of the reasons for the angst later but it's not a big part of the problem...the angsty slowness is). There's also a sort of left handed romance with his CIA handler (whom as mentioned he hasn't seen in years). They had the magnetic attraction before he went undercover...now they're both divorced and we get the dancing around it all. Now there's also his suffering over leaving his wife (who divorced him when he left for an undetermined time and has since remarried) and his son who of course has no memory of him...All in all the plot suffers from at times being pretty much submerged under John's personal problems. Maybe just me but I'd like to see more plot development and less angst.Now there's one other thing I was asked about and no one else in a review has addressed it (that I saw anyway). Yes Our hero John is a Muslim. I think the point in this in the book is largely to say, "see all Muslims aren't radicals". Now for those who worry, John is never tempted to change sides. He's very much of the Islam is a religion of peace. Though as things go on John "talks about" how he sees Islam more as a way of life than a religion. There is some misrepresentation of Christianity and it's teachings. That could be (as it often is) simply lack of knowledge on the part of the writer. Religions are often misrepresented when they are written about.So, the book is very PC and there's probably a hope on the part of the writer to show how war can be self-sustaining through injuries done by each side...On these points I'd say decide for yourself. The story is on the whole (as I said) not bad while being a little slow moving and angsty. So, maybe try it for yourself. I may get to others in the series but probably not right away.