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Operation Angus
Operation Angus | Terry Fallis
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From bestselling author Terry Fallis comes the long-awaited follow-up to The Best Laid Plans and The High Road--a comic spy story that heralds the return of Angus McLintock. Angus McLintock, accidental Member of Parliament, has won re-election and is now the Minister of State for International Relations--or, in other words, he's the junior global affairs minister. In this new post, he and his trusty Chief of Staff, Daniel Addison, are in London to meet with their international counterparts to discuss the upcoming G8 Summit in Washington. Unfortunately, Angus is not in charge of Canada's involvement in the summit--that task falls to the actual Global Affairs Minister, not the junior one. What Angus is responsible for is planning a brief post-summit meeting in Ottawa between the Prime Minister and the President of Russia, the former head of the KGB. The London meetings are all going to plan until Daniel receives a cryptic, late-night text, from a burner phone, directing him to a pub around the corner from their hotel. There is important information he needs to know, the mysterious texter says--but he must keep the meeting a secret, and must come alone. Naturally, he immediately tells Angus, who of course tags along to the pub--just as reinforcement. The soon-to-be-retired MI6 agent who is waiting for Daniel is not pleased, but there are more pressing matters at hand: Chechen separatists are plotting to assassinate the Russian President--and it's going to happen when he's in Ottawa to meet with the Prime Minister, just weeks away. Angus and Daniel have to put a stop to it before it's too late. Naturally, no one in Ottawa will take them, or their top-secret intelligence, seriously, so they're on their own. In an instant, they are thrown into a race against the clock to uncover the Chechen sleeper cell, thwart their plans, and ultimately save the Russian President. Along the way, in classic Angus and Daniel style, they have to dodge bitter rivals, enraged protestors, and even a runaway Cessna. This is a madcap cloak-and-dagger adventure with humour and heart that will delight and entertain readers until the very last page.
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SarahBookInterrupted
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I am so glad he wrote more about Angus and Daniel. I loved it! I‘ve read the first two books and was excited to visit these characters again. It‘s a lovely enjoyable read and so very Canadian. It‘s a warm and cozy read just like the ones before. Hoping for a 4th book.

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janeycanuck
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Hello, old friends! How delightful to see Daniel and Angus back at it, with an element of mystery added to Fallis‘ carefully orchestrated, hilarious chaos that follows Angus wherever he goes. I laughed, I cheered, I laughed again. I‘m so glad another story featuring this crew revealed itself to Fallis 😊

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rabbitprincess
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Rudolph and I are looking forward to reading my Xmas book haul!
Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles
The Man Who Didn‘t Fly, by Margot Bennett
The Widow of Bath, ditto
Hyde, by Craig Russell
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars, by Anthony Boucher
The Widening Stain, by W. Bolingbroke Johnson
And tagged, which is the only book my mum won‘t borrow from me because she‘s already read it 🤣🤣

LeahBergen Nice! 👏🏻👏🏻 2y
rabbitprincess @LeahBergen Also very important: a Book Depository bookmark was included with the British Library Crime Classics 😂 Whenever I order books online I am sometimes more excited about the free bookmark than the actual book! (edited) 2y
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janeycanuck
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A nice evening listening to Terry Fallis talk about his new book while my pup sleeps off the anesthesia from her dental today.

EvieBee Cutie. Sending hugs and kisses. 2y
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Lindy
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Slapstick amateur spy comedy. While it feels more forced than Best Laid Plans, Fallis‘s first novel about rookie Member of Parliament Angus, it‘s still a fun read. I think the print might be better than the audiobook, which is narrated by the author doing all kinds of stereotypical accents. #CanLit #shadowgiller2021

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Lindy
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“We must return to the Centre, pronto!”
“Pronto,” I said. “There‘s a word you don‘t hear every day.”
“Aye. And you‘ll hear a whole stream of colourful new words from me if you dinnae stop parsing my vocabulary,” he said.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Always humorous. I love Angus. Although there wasn‘t a lot of Angus in this one and definitely not enough of him writing in his journal to his dead wife, and it was too long. But it‘s completely enjoyable nonetheless.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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I have to read this one now! 7-day loan only so I need to get started on this one. I loved Angus so much in The Best Laid Plans so I‘m happy to be with him again.