![]() ![]() The book is basically the fictional equivalent of a tough Bruce Willis movie, with the pleasures and limitations of such an approach. But there are plenty of thrills along the way, and a dizzy ransom denouement that is certainly a first in fiction. The plotting, though swift, is a little too elaborate, with the two story lines never quite meshing as the author seems to intend. 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. Agent Mike Devlin, his hero, is always balking at unfair authority. His final novel was Agent X (aka Last Chance to Die ), which he wrote as Noah Boyd. Paul Lindsay became a published author in 1992 with the novel Witness to the Truth. ![]() 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. Lindsay passed away in 2011 at the age of 68. 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. ![]()
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