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IAN FORSYTH

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Full Name: Ian Forsyth
Series Name: Ian Forsyth MI5 Detective
Nationality: British
Organization: MI5
Occupation Former Agent

Creator: Duncan Wallace
Time Span: 2021 - 2021

ABOUT THE SERIES

Ian Forsyth is a former agent with MI5.

He had retired from the organization "two years ago last month", as he reminds himself at the beginning of the first recorded adventure. The occassion of his recollection was yet another very friendly pull by an old friend and colleague to give up his easy life of doing not much of anything and reapplying for his old job back. This lets us know it was not his age (which is 40) that caused him to leave the job; a fact confirmed when we learn that he had decided he no longer wanted to do that sort of work when he had returned from an assignment out-of-country which had resulted in the death of a loved one.

Forsyth tells us that he had been in the military - he does not say for how long but it seemed enough to have him likely thinking of it as a career - "I was soon snapped up by the Defense Security Service once they saw what I was capable of. I had been trained by them, learned everything I knew about espionage from them, and then worked both overtly and covertly for them for years."

That friend trying to entice him back reminds Forsyth that "You loved it...The rush of the work...it's addictive". Forsyth is honest enough with himself and his friend to admit that he does miss it.

That is likely why, even though he was supposedly out of the game of investigating terrorists and spies, foreign and home-grown, he is not all that reluctant to be talked into looking into the things that will be reasons for the adventures of his that we have.

Forsyth, being of Scottish descent, has decided settle down in Kilmarnock, a ways south of Glasgow not too far from the coast of the Firth of Clyde. He chose it because while it was a decent sized city, it was far less of the bustle that he was used to while with MI5. He would find it at times not as restful as he had thought.

BOOKS

Number of Books:2
First Appearance:2021
Last Appearance:2021

1 Spying on the Killer Spying on the Killer
Written by Duncan Wallace
Copyright: 2021

"Retired MI5 agent Ian Forsyth wanted nothing more than to peacefully enjoy his newfound freedom, but his relaxation is interrupted by the suicide of a friend’s child.
Suspicious at the circumstances and rebuffed by the police, Ian is forced to take the investigation into his own hand.
But as he pulls on the thread, he will find something deeper and darker than he could have ever foreseen, and it will take all his skills as a former clandestine spy to expose the truth and obtain justice."
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2 Fatal Mercy Fatal Mercy
Written by Duncan Wallace
Copyright: 2021

The local police have asked retired spy Ian Forsyth to help investigate a series of deaths at a private cancer hospital, and he is more than happy to use his peculiar set of skills to do it.
But what seemingly starts out as an investigation into a rogue doctor quickly becomes a conspiracy involving the most powerful members of society and international corporations bent on exploiting the most vulnerable.
A conspiracy big enough to commit murder to keep secret.
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MY COMMENTS

Do these two really good reads truly belong in this compendium? Well, obviously since they are here I thought they did. I could see the argument for the other side since these are primarily mysteries investigated and solved by a former MI5 operative. But I felt there was enough remaining connection to the clandestine world that they had a place here and besides, they are a couple of really enjoyable reads.

I liked Forsyth and I had a good time following the man as he finds ways to keep things interesting without breaking his promise to himself to not go back to work at MI5.

GRADE

My Grade: B+

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