The Mysterious Dr. Noh

Natasha considers identifying her authorizing agency, explaining her mission, clarifying her legal position, describing her allied agents, and debating jurisdictions. Instead, she translates all this into Russian by delivering a front kick to the chest of the suitably surprised ATF agent, ending his amazement with a right cross to his jaw. Natasha speaks every language fluently once the rough stuff starts. Natasha resists the lethal Lady Fang.Kip and Trevor fall into a deadly tourist trap (piranhas!).Marcy frets over her daughter's "mischief based" child development. Volcano lairs, art loving henchmen, feminist gun-molls; from Washington D.C. to Paris to Nassau to Bangkok, the third instalment of The Silencers Series spares no expense. The Silencers: a trips-on-his-tongue con man, a British-to-his-bristles cat burglar, a tech-wizard (sorry, 'conceptual artist'), and a Russian femme fatale (with the emphasis on fatale). Headed by a beleaguered executive secretary and assisted by her kid-tending husband, they match wits against the ultimate host of supervillains/hedge fund managers. Plastic surgeons making doubles.Secret agents leading Mimes of Death.The Mighty Tarantula, King of Spiders. Simultaneously arty and pulpy. A meditation on the nature of the sequel and a satirical 007 style story mash-up in an inverted world of a classic spy adventure; where girls are a girl's best friend, but diamonds are still forever.