The Last Sunrise - Robert Ryan

This isn't really the kind of book I usually read, but it came as a free gift to the book group I attend at Plaistow Library.

This is an above-average war story told from the perspective of a member of the Flying Tigers - American Volunteers at the start of World War II flying against the Japanese in Thailand, Burma and China.

It is the tale of Lee Crane and jumps around from the start of the War to post war Singapore. Lee has become a bit of a ducker and diver, but has been affected by three women in her life - Kitten, an Anglo Indian Planter's wife, Elsa (another American chancer) and Laura, who is involved in the murky world of espionage.

Robert Ryan describes the technical stuff about planes and flying in a way that a layman can understand. There is suspense, and the story really grips, but the characters are not developed enough. A nice easy read though. So I give it a rating of 7/10.