Hither, Page

I found this book a bit boring - it's basically a novelised version of the dozens of BBC murder mystery TV series out there with a side of mediocre romance. As I'm not a huge fan of spycraft or the genre, I wished the book focused more on the characters themselves rather than them trying to solve the murder. I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight as they're kind of dumped into the first few chapters without a lot of development, as well as the book going between calling them by their last or first names by different (or even the same) characters.
The romance between James and Leo is stilted and underdeveloped. In the beginning Leo just wants a cheeky flirt and to maybe get a leg over, but by the end of the book he's willing to give up his entire life just to be with James who seems much older and much more boring. I see them not really sticking together very long so the ending left me a bit dissatisfied. Perhaps the sequel (or subsequent series) will help make this feel more believable and natural, but it's poor editing that it wasn't felt in the first book. It's saving grace is that it's under 200 pages, so a quick read, or it was in danger of being buried in my DNF graveyard.