Time Bomb by Gerald Seymour

"Time bomb" by Gerald Seymour. This book was published by Hodder paperbacks in 2014 and has 448 pages. 

Major Yashkin is unceremoniously retired from Russian military due to cost cuts. So steals a WMD as revenge. He and his retired friend, Colonel Malenko, go back to retrieve it years later. House of a money launderer is penetrated by an undercover agent. Christopher Lawson, a legendary British intelligence officer known to be rude and obnoxious sets up an operation code named "Heystack" to capture the WMD. Time leap back to WW II. A young jewess, in concentration camp, decides to live and survive at any cost. 

What is the WMD? How is launderer connected to it? What is Lawson's goal? What is 'Heystack'? Will he succeed? What is the cost of survival for the jewess?

It's a typical Seymour book where things are explained systematically, story is slow and English bureaucracy works. 

Story happens in 2008 but goes back to period during WWII repeatedly. The antagonist of this story is a prisoner of the past of his grand mother. He is stuck with the past that he wasn't part of and can't escape it. The English spy develops Stockholm syndrome by design. 

WWII era story is very interesting. Along with the antagonist, author is also unable to determine how much weightage should be given to WWII era. Should it work as background to the story or is that the real story?

The end is anti climactic. Death of a character appears unnecessary. Love of other two characters also appears unnecessary. 

Why did I read this book? Title. 

What I didn't like? Lack of past - present balance 

What did I like? Details. 

Not a must read!