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Acapulco Goodbye

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Cliff Hollenbeck has written a hugely entertaining novel in Acapulco Goodbye. I'm usually up for reading anything about Navy SEALs, but the quality can be hit and miss. Acapulco is definitely a hit. There is excellent action and good, sympathetic characters. A great rainy day snuggle by the fireplace type of book. I highly recommend it.

As an aside, also check out Cliff's new book, Warrior Elite, that he did with Dick Couch. A better book on SEAL training you will not find.

For his first novel, I think Cliff Hollenbeck has done a great job. Can't wait till the next one.

And what could be better. Hollenbeck's action packed story takes us through a former SEAL team member's effort to right a wrong. Wasting no time, the heavy action starts on page nine and rolls merrily along for the next 200 pages. It's a perfect "flight shortener" if you're prone to the tedium of commercial aviation. The SEAL tactics and gear are especially well employed in this very fast moving tale that leave Walter Mitty folks like myself wanting more. A wonderful first hack at fiction for Hollenbeck.

While hero Scott Wolfe is a professional photographer, this novel is so fast paced with murder, exotic locations, and beautiful people, it makes Bridges of Madison County---another novel with a professional photographer as main character---look like a slow waltz. Among the roller coaster action and intrigue, the flashbacks to Vietnam give this thriller some suprising twists,turns, and loops that kept me turning the pages.

Hollenbeck knows of what he speaks. In real life he was a SEAl. He takes great photos and is a leading televison producer. The killer accountant is for real and so are cameos of Hollenbeck's friends. This book is a fictional version of his real life lived on the edge. The book is a fast read, with lots of action, beautiful women in sheer cotton gowns and some tips on wine that are worth the price of admission. This guy does it all ... sort of a northwest James Bond, with a pinch of Francis Coppela and a dash of culinary insouciance ala' Wolfgang Puck. When this SEAL is unleased, there is some serious butt kicking action. This is a movie script waiting to happen. Look for it on the silver screen.

Come into the world of photography and beautiful scenaries and images. Come into the world of Mexican villas and relaxation. Come into a world of violence and revenge that can't be mistaken. That is what this book is about, and Cliff Hollenbeck makes sure to focus on that point. The main character witnesses a murder through the lenses of his camera. He knows what he's seen now he must fend off agaisnt the drug dealer and incredible henchman that protect themselves from the Mexican and American police. Go cop it.~~Special K

Hollenbeck knows of what he speaks. In real life he was a SEAl. He takes great photos and is a leading televison producer. The killer accountant is for real and so are cameos of Hollenbeck's friends. This book is a fictional version of his real life lived on the edge. The book is a fast read, with lots of action, beautiful women in sheer cotton gowns and some tips on wine that are worth the price of admission. This guy does it all ... sort of a northwest James Bond, with a pinch of Francis Coppela and a dash of culinary insouciance ala' Wolfgang Puck. When this SEAL is unleased, there is some serious butt kicking action. This is a movie script waiting to happen. Look for it on the silver screen.