I do not understand why this wasn’t the plot of the movie, this is a way more compelling story than what ended up being the movie. There is a lot of commentary on how the trafficking of drugs really isn’t as “ethical” as it seems to many people who only experience the end user side of it all. The movie is honestly an insult to this book’s story as it creates a fantasy about the author’s pen name pseudonym and squashes any idea of critical thinking. 

Argylle is an action filled spy thriller with a mystery author. While the characters could do with more detail, the plot is embedded with historical information, mysterious missing Nazi artefacts and an evil Russian aiming to win an election by finding the famous Amber Room taken from Russia in WWII.

Aubrey Argylle inadvertently saves some US operatives while working as a tour guide in Thailand (and trying to track down information about his parent's deaths) and ends up on the CIA's radar. The team he's assigned to appear to have a traitor in their numbers and their leader is determined to get answers. A romp through Europe follows, taking the group to France, Belgium and Poland, with plenty of action on the way as they're chased by Russian operatives. 

Don't expect the upcoming film to be based on the plot at all but it would make a fun action film in it's own right!