The Kingfisher Secret is a very silly and entertaining thriller. It posits the idea that Elena, a pretty Czech gymnast is recruited as a Russian sleeper agent. Elena's job is to move to America and marry Donald Trump, Anthony Craig, and manoeuvre him towards power, wherein he will be a Russian asset.
Grace Elliot is a journalist for a trashy tabloid that accidentally stumbles onto part of the story, losing her job and endangering her life in the process. What follows is a series of flashbacks that show Elena's journey to the job juxtaposed with Grace's attempts to get at the truth.
All the while, the Russians loom, in bad clothes drinking whisky and playing a very long game. Three stars.

I think I'd describe this as a book I'm more pleased to *have read* than I was actually reading it - its lax prose and superficial characterisation and page-turning pace all reminded me of The Da Vinci Code, along with the conspiracy plot, of course. It comes to life when the Trump-alike Craig comes on the scene, misspelling his first note to Elena/Ivana - ha!

This is a one-idea book and once that's established the rest is really just window-dressing. All the same, fact or fiction? Worth a fast read just to have an opinion.