Fin­ished The Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lust­bader. This is another book by Van Lust­bader that fea­tures super spy Jason Bourne, a char­ac­ter orig­i­nally cre­ated by the late Robert Ludlum.

In this one, Bourne is pressed back into action once again when his friend, deputy CIA direc­tor Mar­tin Lin­dros, goes miss­ing. Bourne just doesn’t real­ize that his friend’s dis­ap­pear­ance is part of a much larger plot that involves nuclear weapons and more (isn’t it always?). But Bourne does his deadly best to find his friend and save the world — before it’s too late.

This is basi­cally another globe-trotting thriller fea­tur­ing the Bourne char­ac­ter, full of all the fight scenes and exotic locales that you’d expect. It’s a solid enough book, but the orig­i­nal Bourne books by Lud­lum are still bet­ter. So for that rea­son, I’m going thumbs down on this one — even though I know I’ll read the next books in the series at some point.

Up next: The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe.

Books in my TBR pile: ABout 14.