About as good a war tale as you can get -- the plot is fast-paced, always developing. No wasted words. This book proves that good war tales can be told without lasping into profanity and gore -- neither of which are used by Shute.
As with other Shute books, it is written from the viewpoint of a detached observer to the main tale -- a technique he has used rather well in other books.
Read _Most Secret_ once and I guarantee you will never look upon fishing boats or Worcester Sauce in quite the same way.