Foxbat

Foxbat - James Barrington, Peter Stuart Smith Previous books featuring Paul Richter were quite good (Overkill, Pandemic). In this one, he follows orders, goes where he's told, finds out what he's meant to find out, and reports back to base.

The premise of the story is quite good, but Richter has very little to do. This isn't a Bond-esque car chases, shoot outs, spying type of novel. It picks up in the last 50 pages or so but is otherwise a bit of a slog to get there.