And so another night at work passes with a book. On this occasion it was Alex Berenson's debut novel The Faithful Spy. Following the still (sadly) topical theme of the American efforts to eradicate Al Qaeda and associated terrorist organisations we meet John Wells, a man who has done something we would not believe possible, he has infiltrated Qaeda to a fairly high level even meeting Bin Laden on more than one occasion. But because of his obvious need to retain his cover his contact with his case handler Jennifer Exley is infrequent in fact rarely more than once ever couple of years. But after seeming to prove his loyalties in ...  Read the complete review