Truly they were a perfect couple together and I loved reading their story. After a bit I came to understand her better and when that happened I saw the charm of the woman and could see what Hawk saw in her. She was a person that held herself back for fear of being hurt and betrayed and frankly I didn’t blame her…it just made it harder to get close to her – for Adrian and for me as the reader. I really liked her and admired her as well for what she had become – especially knowing what she had lived through in her life. With Justine it took me a bit of time to warm up to her. He knew what he was doing in his line of work and because of that became the Head of BIS. He was a great spy, a great friend and an excellent strategist. The man pulled himself up by his bootstraps, with help from his friends, to make something of himself.

He was always such an intriguing character and I just knew that there would be a wonderful story behind him, and I was right. I have loved Hawk from the moment he was brought into the picture in past books. This is a book of Bourne’s that I have been waiting for for so very long. Now as Justine recovers they must figure out who tried to kill Justine and for what reason, especially when they discover that not only the attempt on her life but the murders of two others are being pinned on Adrian. We get some great details of their time together and see how the two fell in love. Adrian fell for Justine but since they worked for such different factions they could never be together. As the years went on they continued to work with each other from time to time and eventually became lovers.

They shouldn’t have even spoken to each other, much less worked together. He worked for the BIS and she for the French Secret Police. As she lays fighting for her life Adrian thinks back on the many years that he and Justine have known each other.Īdrian first met Justine when they were but 12 or 13 years old. Justine is on her way to British Intelligence Service headquarters to see Sir Adrian Hawkhurst – head of the BIS – when she is stabbed. With London crawling with hidden assassins and someone out to frame Hawker for the assault, the two spies must work together to find who’s out to destroy them…

Tracy’s review of The Black Hawk by Joanna BourneĪttacked on a rainy London street, veteran spy Justine DeCabrillac knows only one man can help her: Hawker, who also happens to be the enemy.

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