Debut for a Spy, Harry Currie, 389 pages

This was a fun little spy story even if it was a little far fetched.  David Baird is a musician and former Canadian Military.  After being invited to perform at the Soviet Embassy in London, he is recruited to do a little passive spying for Britain.   Following the success of his performance at the embassy, his next job is to entertain on a Soviet charter cruise from Southampton to Odessa.  Between jobs he has a chance to see and fly a British Hawker VTOL prototype.  Along the way there are some KGB bad guys, common mob bad guys, a few mysterious deaths, a couple beautiful women and lots of adventure.