Black Tiger [Paperback]

Robert Brace (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2005

It was pure luck that Lysander Dalton got up to use the bathroom seconds before someone shot his bed full of bullets. And it's pure chemistry when the ex-special ops Marine meets Valentina Mariposa. She's a sexy lawyer who will double as Dalton's bodyguard and hired gun in the search for the terrifying truth behind his bullet-riddled bed.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A beautifully written debut introducing one of the most appealing characters I've seen in a long time. (Kyle Mills)

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425201198
• ISBN-13: 978-0425201190
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,282,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first book in the series!, June 5, 2006

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PDD (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Tiger (Paperback)

I read Black Tiger after reading Iron Butterfly (second in the series). Both of them are outstanding, but I would recommend starting with Black Tiger, as that will make the second one even more enjoyable.

These books remind me a lot of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, with a dash of Robert Parker's Spenser thrown in (Lysander Dalton is more sophisticated than Reacher, and has a better sense of humor, but he is equally resolute).

The series is also notable for the capable female characters. In most thrillers the women end up having to be rescued, but in this series they can mostly look after themselves.

Like Iron Butterfly, Black Tiger's story builds up from a relatively minor and unexplained incident (in this case a home intrusion) into a big complex story (a violent conspiracy which has threads leading back to Dalton's past as a Marine officer). There are many incidents and problems to solve along the way. Black Tiger is densely packed with action, the pace of which never lets up.

Highly recommended. I would like to know when the next one is coming out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Page Turner To The End, February 16, 2005

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FireWolf (Princeton, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Tiger (Paperback)

I thought this book was well written through the end. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I think the publisher should have been a little better at picking up on the spelling errors in some of the chapters, and no, it wasn't jargon. But I digress...

The book's opening scene builds up alot of questions about why this was happening, and because you have all these questions needing answers you cannot help but read through this book to find them out.

Very good story, very plausible. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy espionage/thriller stories. I started it today, and I finished it as well. It was exciting, and had some funny moments in it as well.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Action Packed Thriller!, January 21, 2006

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Melvin Hunt (Cleveland,, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Tiger (Paperback)

I didn't know what to expect when I bought this book.This turned out to be an exciting book.The hero in this book is Lysander Dalton.He is a former Marine Corps Special Forces
officer.He had been expelled for striking a junior officer and
was court martialed and sentenced to Leavenworth.He was kicked out of the Marines and stripped of his rank.
After getting out of prison he purchased a farm where he grows
grapes that are made into wine.He at last has his privacy.One night he gets up to go to the restroom and his bed is shot full
of holes by an automatic weapon.The assailant is dressed in
commando attire.Dalton escapes his house and continues to wage a full scale gun battle with the commandos.He makes it to the
highway where he is picked uo by Valentina Mariposa.She is a
lawyer.They go to a police station to file a report.They wind up in a battle with false policemen.After this incident they decide to find out who is trying to kill Dalton.They go from Virginia to New York trying to find the culprits.Dalton even finds a girlfriend in the person of Elizabeth Houston.Dalton also finds a link with his past that leads to a frightening plot
that will take place.This is an exciting book.It will keep you on the edge of your seat.