Harry Fielding is back in the latest of Philip Davidson's novels revolving around the crooked spy desperate to straighten himself out. "The Long Suit" is set in motion on a Long Island golf course, where there are three golf balls and a bullet-ridden corpse. Davidson (born in 1957 in Dublin) puts the call out once again for Harry Fielding, as well as a new partner. Both are quickly playing the games preferred by the British secret service. As he did in the first two Fielding novels ("The Crooked Man" and "McKenzie's Friend") Davidson sets a tone of dry wit amidst the twists, turns and surprises. This time around, it is Fielding's tempestuous partner who may be causing him more trouble than any of his enemies, leaving Fielding to wonder if he has been set up, and if his life is actually in jeopardy. "The Long Suit" is that rare thing: a smart page-turner. ($14 / 278 pages / Penguin)
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