An engaging and intriguing mystery read with a likeable main character.
You don't have to have read the first book as, although reference is made to it, this book could stand alone..However I had read the earlier book and it does add to the reading experience of this book as it gives more of a back story to some of the characters and earlier events.
This is definitely not a book that the reader can predict the ending halfway through. Despite following the same clues as Greg it is not until he weaves it altogether that it all becomes clear.
I enjoyed it.

The book was well written but I couldn't really get into it (my current mindset, no reflection on the writing) so did not finish. It looks like a good spy story and the author seems to have researched well. I had to star rate but it's not really a reflection

Apparently this is the second story where Greg, a Russian teacher, ex Russian secret service solves a murder. It didn’t matter that I missed the first one as this was an engaging story from start to finish. Lots of twists and turns. I hope there is another book soon

Greg, a school teacher teaching Russian, gets caught up in solving a murder. He also gets involved with a suspected suicide. We follow his investigations. This story kept me gripped from the first page and was really well written. Highly recommended.

I was lucky enough to receive a free advanced reader copy and leave this review voluntarily.

Really didn't click with this at all. The premise sounded wonderful but sadly it didn't live up to promise.
The author assumes an intimate knowledge with book one which I didn't have. I appreciate you don't want to regurgitate the whole plot of book 1 again put a head's up of pertinent features wouldn't go amiss..
As a result I found it very confusing and hard going. It was also very, very slow and a bit plodding
If I hadn't been reading for Netgalley I wouldn't have finished
Sorry, Le Carre is genius, this falls way short

Greg is an intriguing new detective.
Is he Russian/English/a spy or just an Russian teacher? Having made a reputation for himself in helping to solve a murder Greg is once again approached by his friendly female detective. A body has been found in the river, supposedly drowned but was he and who was he? Is he a Russian spy, if so Greg needs to find answers quickly. The investigation is hampered when a trustee from a rival school is found dead having supposedly committed suicide. The investigation for both take Greg places he didn't dream of, are they connected? A good read that takes some thinking about

A black Russian citizen having lived in England and now in the USA pretending to be a teacher in an independent school is the lead character of this novel. On the quiet he is still in contact with a spy network and not averse to helping the local police solve a murder. The notion of a Russian spy messing about in America is not an unusual context but it is well handled here. There are constant surprises and, of course, a number of violent deaths. I found it to be a compelling and rewarding read. I recommend it.

Thank you netgallery for the arc of two times murder I fully enjoyed it it was very paced it’s about murder mystery lots of suspense keeps you going loved the plot and the characters are well thought out 4 stars

It's a complex story well told.
For me,this book would have been a lot easier to read and understand if I had read the earlier books in this series. I persevered, and then it began to make sense.
Greg just wants to be left alone, but a suspicious police woman who he has helped in the pas5 and Russians from his past won't let that happen. He attempts to work with both without divulging to either the full details of his eventful past. He is treading a thin line and with assistance from someone else that he has helped beggins to make progress.
Once I got through my initial confusion, I found this book compelling and easy to read. The author manages to convey very well the differing views and attitudes of an Anglo Russian in the American small city that he finds himself.
This is well worth a read, but it's worth at least considering at least the summaries of the earlier books.

2.5 stars
I received a copy of this book from net galley in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second book in the series of the quiet teacher and in my opinion, you need to have read the first book to understand or get some more of the back story, I haven’t read that book and so felt a little was missing from this book to aid my understanding!

It was an ok book & story. I didn’t feel attached to the main or any characters. The ending was quick and summed up most questions I had.

I downloaded the book not realising it was the second in the series. It definitely needs to be read in order. I started reading it twice but never made it to the end. I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy it as the plot is potentially good. Apologies to the author. I have graded it a neutral 3 stars.

This is the second book in the Quiet teacher series and I think it would help to read them in order. I struggled trying to get who Greg Abimbola, the teacher, really was at first.

This murder mystery is well written and enjoyable to read. I would definitely read the next in the series. The main character is interesting and there is still a lot to discover about him.

There are two possible murders he is trying to solve at risk to himself and his position undercover in hiding in the USA. I like that he is English, in part anyway. And Black. And a fluent Russian speaker.

Side characters like Sergeant Rachel Lev of Pittsburgh PD is a developing interest as is his computer geek pal, Andrea Valasquez.

I recommend this blend of spy genre with murder mystery. I received an ARC from NetGalley.

A solid and entertaining spy novel with heart and empathy. I haven't read the first of this series and I do think it would be more enjoyable to read having done so, but there was enough recapping to allow me to catch up on what was missed, without (I think?) dropping any spoilers, should I go back to the first book - and I might. A mixed protagonist of mixed racial and cultural heritage was a breath of fresh air and much appreciated - and I feel I'd really enjoy a film dramatisation of this one. Pacing was good - I didn't find myself racing through any sections or struggling to pick it back up, but the ending was quick and satisfying when it came.

Grateful arc reader.

Thoroughly entertaining. A fab protagonist - Greg Abimbola is clever, fun, intriguing. The school element lightly but very believably done (I was a teacher) . The double plot well managed if, of course, you have to ride with the likelihood of that collision of universes and think how it would work…. which is rather fun actually! Banter, glimpses of a real America…. The ethnicity/culture element is intelligently and humorously done. Totally recommend it and indeed it is a quirky Agatha C/John L C inspired very contemporary novel.

Greg Ambimbola, is a bit of an enigma. A teacher of Russian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He's a man without obvious history except for his amateur sleuthing skills but that hardly goes back very far. In actual fact he is ex-GRU and in a witness protection protection program. Not one to court fame or publicity, he teaches as though it's his penance in life because of his enforced situation. But he is soon to face a dilemma, A Hobson's choice of a mystery murder where his sleuthing skills are called upon to find the murderer but with two possible outcomes as he is serving two masters. Can this be reconciled as it seems they are mutually exclusive.
We start with a most interesting and paced detective thriller which culminates in a revelation that brings disparate facets of the story together in a satisfying conclusion.
It was a very enjoyable read and a good introduction to Greg, however I thought the ending a little too perfect. Plus of course his amateur sleuthing is bound to attract attention, something which may come back to bite him.

When Russian spies ‘defect’ they get a different identity and disappear into a sort of protection programme. Greg Abimbola used to be Major Grigoriy Adamovitch Petrov of the Russian Military Intelligence unit the GRU, now he’s a teacher of Russian (and sometimes French) in a private school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has two features which make him standout from the other staff members; he’s actually English with a posh accent, and he’s also Black. A short time ago, he had solved a murder on school premises, thereby saving Andrea Velasquez, the school assistant custodian who had been falsely accused. He had managed to keep himself out of the limelight, but he had still become somewhat visible; visible enough that a GRU hitman, Morosov, had come after him, but then disappeared. A body with two bullet wounds was subsequently found in the river. Was it Morosov, and if so who killed him? Greg is desperate to know, but so are the GRU and he is ‘persuaded’ to investigate. A police officer from the previous murder is also suspicious, so he’s in a cleft stick over this, and not sure how he can get out of it.
Unconnected with this, the authorities believe that a local banker and philanthropist, Alan Mester, jumped to his death from his penthouse balcony, but his ex-wife doesn’t believe it. Greg’s colleague, Demetrius, was a friend of both Mester and his ex, and, playing on his successful outcome in the earlier investigation, persuades him to look into this apparent suicide. Despite his concerns about the danger he is in over the Morosov case, Greg takes on the investigation, with the assistance of Andrea who happens to be a computer whiz kid, only working at the school while studying part-time. Can he resolve this and escape from the GRU threat?
This is the second book featuring Greg and Andrea, but works perfectly well as a standalone. It is an ingenious welding together of these two investigation, and a completely satisfactory murder-mystery. The writing is crisp, chapters are short, plot rolls at pace, the characters are believable (disbelief happily suspended); the clues are all there but it needs a good bit of intellectual input to notice where the pieces are, never mind how to fit them together. This was a really entertaining read and I enjoyed every minute of it. No problem with 5 stars here. (Full disclosure – like the author I was born in Coatbridge, but that didn’t affect my views).
I would like to thank NetGalley, the publishers and the author for providing me with a draft proof copy for the purpose of this review.

This is the 2nd book in a series, I haven’t read the 1st one and found it difficult to get into this. I wouldn’t have requested had I known. For me it was slow off the mark and long winded.

Sadly I found this book difficult to read and follow. There was a lot of assumed knowledge from the first book in the series which I had not read. Again the complex relationships from the first book were not really explained to the new reader.
I did persevere with it, but I cannot say I really enjoyed it.

I was asked to review this book by NetGalley and although this is a book I may not have picked up boy this was a good story, gritty with Russian security forces.
The story was well written, multifaceted and intriguing

Recommended read.

This was a poor choice for me. I found it difficult to engage with the characters including the main investigator.
The book is number 2 of 2 and I found it difficult to understand the story in the absence of the previous book.
I wasn’t aware that it was a second book and requesting it was a mistake. Some sequels stand alone but I felt that this one did not.
It was not for me