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Death in Sweden 60%

 The CiA apparently has turned on Dan and is "cleaning up" old operations by killing all old operatives. Dan is drawn to Sweden by the death of a French operative who was investigating Bill Bravham--who seems to be the heavy in this. There Dan meets Inger, a beautiful Swedish government operative. They investigate the death of a French girl many years earlier. Did Bill kill her? Is he covering his tracks?

 This just hasn't yet caught me.  Dan avoids death regularly, so regularly that he doesn't really seem in danger. Inger falls for him.  He wants to lead a normal life. He wonders whether he could ever be brave.  So . . . I'm guessing he will be brave and save Inger at the end, but I can't see them together. Dan as a contract killer/kidnapper for the good guys just can't settle down . . . so I'm guessing that he kills Bill and goes off into the world by himself.

 Dan's little boy died of meningitis; he feels the loss and this gives him his heart . . . even though he's a contract tough guy.  Just a little too much like listening to a player piano.  I hope it surprises me.

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