CI5hq MiniReview Challenge - Harlequin Airs by Ellis Ward

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Somebody said Harlequin Airs is an AU.
I think about it as pre canon. Although it has crossover tendencies with "Ladder of swords".

Doyle´s sent undercover:

Cowley began to shuffle through a stack of papers, finally stopping at one that apparently caught his eye. "Macklin says you are quite impressive in tumbling routines both on the ground and on the fixed trapeze."

"Surely that doesn't surprise you?"

Cowley drew a noncommittal face. "Perhaps it does. After all, it has been ten years since you worked with the circus."

"True."

"He says your timing is uncanny."

Doyle raised the rim of the glass to his lips and said nothing.

"Have you heard of Circus Sergei?"

"No."

"We have reason to believe that it is being used as a way station for IRA armaments and explosives."

"Donal O'Shea." Doyle gestured at his face and hair. "That's why you had all this done--so I wouldn't be identified."

"That's right. And although I would prefer not to send you into an operation that might involve him, I don't have another agent who has your abilities."

"And which abilities," Doyle drawled inquiringly, "might those be?"

"Aerial and equestrian."

He meets Bodie at the Circus.

It´s all a bit fast and the Lads are almost too good to be true, but I can see The Lads from the series in them, and it´s all about trust and love and there´s AMAZING Artwork by Suzanne Lovett.
And I really LOVE it!!