The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter

This story centers around the theft of a diamond.   Savich and Sherlock play a minor role with Mike and Nick taking center stage to battle the infamous jewel thief, the Fox!

Coulter does a nice job building the relationship between Mike and Nick.   The plot is sound with clear cut motives being difficult to ascertain.

I did like the relationship between Mike and Nick.

The Fox portrayal was sad and a bit unrealistic.  

I enjoyed the book and recommend it.

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Return Fire by Tom Barber

This is my second Sam Archer book, it was just as thrilling as the first which was One Way.  No bones about it Barber puts together a great action thriller.     This is the sixth book in the series but it stood alone just fine.   Sam Archer is a NYC cop in their anti-terrorism squad.   He was in the same role when he was with the London police department.   His girl friend is kidnapped and the plot quickens from there.  

Archer and his team go to England and there is massive mayhem in the streets.   I enjoy how he shows loyalty and camaraderie.  I do find the persistence of paid mercenaries under sure to lose conditions a bit of a stretch.   The unhinged mentality that seems to be a hallmark of Barber villains is also suspect but as I have never known a crazed villain perhaps the unhinged factor is normal for that sub-species.

I enjoyed the book and will be reading more of Barber. 

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Black Light by Stephen Hunter

Bob Lee Swagger is a force of nature.   This book takes him back to his roots and to the death of his father who was the center of a mystery he didn’t know existed.    

Russ, the son of another state trooper from another state, wants to do a book on Bob Lee’s daddy. Much against his nature Bob Lee decides to help him and the two find themselves in typical Bob Lee hot water.

Violence, gun play, bigotry, nepotism and more characterize this book.

Hunter serves up another helping of page turning delight!

I recommend the book. 

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Kremlin Strike by Dale Brown

Once again Dale Brown runs a cold finger of unease up your spine with the weaponization of space.  In spite of Covid-19, the world continues.  In that world the friction between super-powers continue.   The hyper-aggressive Russian leader in the book is not far removed from the current leader in Russia with Ukraine as an example.   This book looks at what happens when the Russians successfully orbit a weapon that threatens the entire world.

Brown keeps his characters coming back.  They have reached the point of being old friends.   Boomer, the McLanahans and others.  Many of the characters have suffered or even been killed in previous books.  

The action is, as always, good.   I recommend the book. 

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