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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A thrill ride of a book,
This review is from: The Deceived (Hardcover)
Brett Battles THE DECIEVER is a great book, fast paced, exciting and full of wonderful details about how spies do their business. It's got all the hallmarks of a great thriller including exotic locales, neat gadgets, believable violence, people who aren't whom they appear to be and, oh yes, a little bit of sex just to keep us interested.
The plot, well, the plot, as is often the case in books like this, doesn't really matter. For the first three hundred or so of its three hundred fifty-eight pages no one, including the characters, have any idea what's happening and neither will you...fortunately it doesn't matter in the least, just go along for the roller coaster ride but watch out for that last dip - it's a lulu! We first met Jonathan Quinn in THE CLEANER and I for one am thrilled to renew his acquaintance. In THE DECIEVER one of Quinn's few real friends is killed and Quinn sets off in search of his missing girlfriend. Along the way Quinn and his team, Orlando, an electronics expert who is a match for Quinn in every way, and his apprentice Nate chase after the girlfriend with stops in Houston, Washington D. C., San Francisco and Singapore. I won't give you the details but there's some great chase scenes, a few gunfights, some second story work and lot's of interesting details of spy craft that will keep your eyes glued to this book well after your bedtime. Brett Battles has a bright future as a thriller writer assuming he doesn't lose his center. I sincerely hope to see many more books featuring Jonathan Quinn but the ending of THE DECEIVER leaves an opening to take this series in a very different direction moving into the realm of Robert Ludlum rather then continue charting his own very different direction. This, in my opinion, would be a mistake. The Quinn books do indeed exist in a byzantine world of spies, assassins and conspiracies but they're more about the process and tradecraft then they are about the details of the plotters and their plots. Quinn reminds me of Richard Stark's Parker, a cool professional who overcomes every obstacle regardless of the odds not because he's a superhuman but because he simply knows how (and shares the fascinating details with us, the readers).
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sequel to The Cleaner,
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This review is from: The Deceived (Hardcover)
Brett Battles created an excellent, unique story featuring Jonathan Quinn. He is a freelance professional 'Cleaner' - someone who comes in and cleans up messes for folks - making bodies disappear - cleaning up scenes that if the authorities were involved, they would cordon off and search for clues to 'whodunit'.
Quinn is called to clean a job and finds the person he needs to have disappear is one of his friends in the business that saved his life. He feels an obligation to this person to find out why this happened. So starts a fast paced sequel to The Cleaner. Many of the same characters as The Cleaner, Nate, the apprentice in training with Quinn, Orlando, the beautiful Oriental lady whom Quinn is attracted to - and a slew of agents in the shadowy world of cleaning up someone elses 'messes'. This story takes the characters all over the globe, and Quinn does a lot of digging and heart searching to find out who killed his friend. It may have been about 30 pages too long, but it is still an excellent sequel to The Cleaner.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't wait for more!,
By Stones River (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Deceived (Mass Market Paperback)
The Deceived had me at page one. I found it hard to put down. The writing is clear and direct. The action is fast and furious. The story has plenty of surprises and unexpected twists. The descriptions of the locations made me feel like I was there. l'm a picky reader, but this book totally hooked me. This was my first read of a book by Brett Battle's and now I can't wait to read his other books!
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