Apricot Marmalade and the Edmondson Transmittal by Lon Orey

Apricot Marmalade and the Edmondson Transmittal won me over completely — and it’s because the characters are irresistible. Lon Orey has written some of the most wonderfully specific human disasters I’ve encountered in a novel.

A hypochondriac agent who internalizes every disease discussion. An agent with a pathological fear of snakes living in snake-filled Thailand. A colonel who is quite possibly the worst-qualified intelligence officer in history. And a protagonist, Ed Reynolds, who is mostly just trying to survive his stretch without something terrible happening.

The Edmondson transmittal at the center of the plot is almost beside the point. The real pleasure is spending time with these magnificently incompetent people. Warm, funny, and sharper than it looks.

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