Ingredients for a captivating read
Mortal Allies
By Brian Haig. Allen & Unwin. 485pp. $29.95.

Reviewer :: CPL Alisha Carr

US Army legal officer Major Sean Drummond has been assigned to South Korea as an advocate for a gay officer accused of murdering the son of a South Korean war hero. He is forced to work with an old acquaintance from law school – the voluptuous Katherine Carson, an attorney renowned for manipulating the media in order to help her clients.

Haig is the son of a former US Secretary of State and his knowledge of the military is quite accurate and readers won’t be annoyed by half-hearted attempts to speak the military lingo.

A little mystery, a pinch of conspiracy and a dash of sexual tension – all the ingredients for a top read.