Unlike most books, it took me awhile to dive into this one. I am not sure what the problem was exactly, it just seemed like "The Travelers" did a bit of abrupt switching from scenes, characters, etc. so that I was not sure where I was and why. About halfway through the book it gelled for me and all the sudden I cared about what was happening to the adulterous writer Will Rhodes and his mysterious plight. Then suddenly there are a host of questions: What is Travelers Magazine? What is the deal with his boss Malcom? Why is his Will's wife so undeveloped until the end of the book? Who exactly is in the CIA?
It seems that Will is caught in the honeypot scheme all to easily with the enigmatic Elle in Argentina. He is trying to get pregnant with his wife, yet he readily jumps into bed with this stranger and then when Elle threatens him about it he rather quickly agrees to be a spy. For a journalist he is rather gullible and does not do a lot of fact checking. Will also adapts to the surveillance and other spy measures rather fast. Perhaps he is a natural?
By the time you get done asking yourself these questions it doesn't even matter anymore because the book jets off to foreign lands and becomes very exciting. Lots of twists and turns to the very end. A good ride all in all if you are willing to stick out the initial bit and suspend some disbelief.
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