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Title: Flashpoint

Author: Dan J. Marlowe

Narrator: Adam Epstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

I had lived so long on the wrong side of the law I felt out of place as a special undercover agent for Uncle Sam. But I had no choice. One of the top brass in U.S. Intelligence had my number. So we made a deal - his silence for my services in tracking down and infiltrating a gang of Mid-Eastern terrorists. Besides, I had a personal interest in this job. They had stole $75,000 from me.

So there I was - Earl Drake, bank robber and safecracker, playing on the side of the angels to outwit a bunch of fanatic Turks who were using their embassy for cover. I started with a Turkish delight. Talia. I conned her into leading me from the bedroom to their inner sanctum. I wished I hadnt. One look at the cold, bulbous eyes in the mound of flesh seated on the cushioned sofa before me told me I had stepped in the path of a rattlesnake. And if I couldnt charm it, I was a dead Drake.

Members Reviews:

Hijackers, Stabbings, and Damsels in Distress

Marlowe's Drake series is always an easy, fun read. This is the fourth book in the series, following "The Name of the Game is Death," "Endless Hour," and "Operation Fireball." Although the first books in the series feature Drake as the toughest and most hardboiled of all criminals, by the time the fourth book rolled out, Drake was occasionally enlisted as a tough guy super agent. Although in the late sixties and early seventies, just about everyone tried their hand at creating their version of Fleming's 007, few were as successful at it as Marlowe.

This book has Drake's idyllic life in the ranch with redheaded Hazel interrupted by a terrorist hijacking and finds him jetting around the country to find the bad guys and also rescue a fallen angel from the crime-ridden city.

I found the writing to be crisp, the reading to be quick, and the story great fun. It was well-plotted and well-executed. Drake is a terrific shot with his .38, as smooth with the ladies as any agent anywhere, and simply balls-to-the-wall tough. A great action caper that builds to its inexorable climax.

You really won't go wrong in grabbing any of the books in this series.

Earl Drake, the man with nobody's face

At some point in his career--book three,Operation Fireball (Prologue Crime)--Earl Drake went from a master criminal who excelled at heists to become a secret agent working for the government. This one starts with Middle Eastern terrorists attacking the chartered jet Drake's on; when they make off with $75,000 Drake had earmarked for his girlfriend Hazel, Drake jumps at the chance to get it back. The problem? He has to work for the Feds again, and is rushed off to New York City to uncover a nefarious plot brewing under the nose of the United Nations.

It's an odd transition to go from criminal mastermind to government agent, something even Drake comments on. Instead of planning heists, Earl Drake is infiltrating them. But for the most part, the change in roles works. Drake is still a hard-as-nails, cynical sociopath, though he's softened a bit; case in point, his attempts to save a juvenile drug addict. And Marlowe's writing is still keen, full of fast action sequences, brutal violence, and a complex plot. Flashpoint won an Edgar Award for a reason.

Award winning story

I really enjoyed the fourth installment in the Earl Drake series. The accolades for this book are warranted. Action with a capital A.

Fun

Fast paced, fun noir novel.