Code Name: Death [Paperback]

William W. Johnstone (Author)

Book Description

Series: Code Name | Publication Date: May 1, 2001

A USA Today Bestselling Author

After twenty years as a CIA agent, John Barrone now spearheads a secret strike force of elite law enforcement and intelligence professionals on a seek-and-destroy mission against America's sworn enemies. In L.A., a teenage prostitute disappears. Months later, her billionaire industrialist grandfather watches as she stars in a porno film - one that ends with her brutal murder - and hires Barrone to penetrate a viper's nest of sex for sale and murder for kicks.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786013273
• ISBN-13: 978-0786013272
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #770,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay but not great, May 14, 2001

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S. Brotherton "rmewife" (Harvey Barracks, Kitzingen, Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Code Name: Death (Paperback)

Believe me I am a very loyal William Johnstone fan but this lastest installment in the "Code" series does not live up to the first 2 books. After reading the first one I was hooked, the second even more, and now this one--I do not think so. I think Mr. Johnstone needs just to set back and wait awhile before putting out the fouth book, because if it is as bland as this one I wont read the fifth.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fast, violent action, yep that sums it up!, January 4, 2005

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Eric S. Terrell (Keene, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Code Name: Death (Paperback)

When I pick up a William W. Johnstone book I know what I'm getting into. I'm a big fan of the Ashes series as well as his horror novels and have also read several of his stand-alones. When I pull a Johnstone off the shelf I'm looking for a fast, action-packed read that I don't have to think about. Well, with this book that's exactly what you get: non-stop violent action. Johnstone doesn't go to much trouble building up his characters or building the setting, he dives right into the down and dirty action. Expect graphic sex, violence, and foul language. If that works for you this book is a great way to blow off some steam. This is the thrid book in the Code Name series. In case you don't know the Code Name team is a group of highly trained individuals brought together to operate outside the normal legal and governmental lines. This time they're contacted by one of their benefactors to track down his daughter. This leads them into tangling with the underground world of illegal porn. Once again this is non-stop action and Johnstone holds nothing back!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Code Name: Death, June 13, 2001

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Scooter (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Code Name: Death (Paperback)

I felt the author was rushed into publishing this book - it was significantly shorter than his other two Code Name books and the story line was extremly weak.

The situations the Team found themselves in were too predictable and the solution way too easy. The main villian was never used to his full potential - despite his relevance to the storyline he was a secondary character.

It was disappointing to me that the author put more detail into the porn scenes and physical descriptions of the prostitutes than he did the battles and research work done by the Team.

I probably buy the next Code Name book . . . I'll just try to read more than the back cover before I do, though.