Synopsis
In the wake of a series of murders of FBI agents, rogue G-Man Mike Devlin seeks a connection between the killings while investigating a complex scheme at a hospital
Reviews
Former FBI agent Lindsay (Witness to the Truth) has a vision of his protagonists?in this case the agents of the Detroit office?that makes them a blend of hard-bitten professionals and fraternity cutups. It may be authentic, but it gives his thriller an odd tone, as if neither the thrills nor the bitter, prankish humor are to be taken quite seriously. Agent Mike Devlin, his hero, is always balking at unfair authority. Here, he's out to do two things: first, collar two criminals?a serial killer who specializes in knocking off agents and an extortionist who is planting bombs at a medical center; second, nail his pompous, sleazy boss. The plotting, though swift, is a little too elaborate, with the two story lines never quite meshing as the author seems to intend. But there are plenty of thrills along the way, and a dizzy ransom denouement that is certainly a first in fiction. The book is basically the fictional equivalent of a tough Bruce Willis movie, with the pleasures and limitations of such an approach. Author tour.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Lindsay turned a few heads with his first novel, Witness to the Truth (LJ 9/1/92), which sold 20,000 copies in hardcover. In this follow-up, G-man Mike Devlin returns to investigate a serial murderer who is targeting FBI agents.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Agent Mike Devlin has been sentenced to FBI purgatory, working surveillance as part of a futile gambling sting, all because he has offended the special agent in charge (SAC) of the Detroit office. When an agent is murdered execution-style for no apparent reason, Devlin wants to work on the case, only to be blocked by the martinet SAC. As the investigation goes nowhere and the body count of agents keeps rising, the office finds itself stretched too thin, so Devlin is assigned to finish the paperwork on a different case, the seemingly botched extortion of $5 million from a hospital-management corporation. Never one to follow the rules too closely, Devlin spends more of his time on the murders than on the extortion, giving the SAC grounds to fire him. How Devlin solves both cases and manages to cause the downfall of the SAC makes for entertaining reading. This is essentially a police procedural set in the FBI, and former agent turned author Paul Lindsay makes his material ring utterly true. George Needham
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