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The Devil To Pay [Mass Market Paperback]

Harold Robbins (Author), Junius Podrug (Author)
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August 28, 2007
Nash Novak, a struggling Seattle businesswoman who has been framed for arson and murder, is in desperate need of money for her defense. The only way for her to get it: A coffee plantation she has inherited. But there's a catch: She has to run the plantation, deep in the jungles of Colombia, a land of drug lords and warlords.

The mysterious inheritance of the plantation, from the father she had never met, comes at the same time a criminal conspiracy is turning her life into a living hell--a conspiracy that stretches all the way to Colombia.
 
Racing to South America, on the run from the police, she becomes entangled with suspicious characters: Ramon, rich and handsome, with a secret sex life that shocks even Nash though she considers herself an adventurous woman; Josh, an American expatriate, who claims to be a simple gem smuggler and arouses passions in Nash she thought were long dead; and Lily Soong, an erotic Chinese beauty who men--and women--lust after, often to their doom.

But no one brings as much danger to her life as Pablo Escobar, king of the Medellín drug cartels, considered the most dangerous man in Colombia, the murder capital of the world.
 
Things get even more complicated when Nash's quest to clear herself takes her to Shanghai, home of the powerful Chinese Triads that control the flow of dirty money from gambling, prostitution, drugs and murder.

Refusing to let the cartel's murderers drive her off the plantation and ruin the lives of hundreds of families who work it, Nash tackles organized crime and police agencies on two continents to save her plantation . . . and stay alive.

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Podrug (Blood Royal) carries on the late Robbins legacy of erotic thrillers with this aromatic brew of sex, danger, money, drugs and shade-grown Arabica coffee. One eventful morning in 1993, 31-year-old Nash Novak loses her Seattle coffee shop in a fiery explosion only to learn from a lawyer that she's inherited a coffee plantation in the Colombian jungle. The plantation is deep in drug cartel territory, but Nash—cash-strapped and accused of arson—opts to "follow the money," a decision that will enmesh her in a dangerous web stretching from Shanghai to Medillín. In Colombia, she learns that her mysterious benefactor, Carlos Castillo, is none other than her long-lost father, a revelation that brings her in contact with a resentful, disinherited half-brother, Cesar Montez, and his girlfriend, Lily Soong, a Chinese prostitute connected to Shanghai's crime lords. Spicing up the mix is Josh Morris, a cocky American smuggler who aggravates and, naturally, titillates Nash. Over-the-top plotting and florid sex scenes will make this an addictive caffeine substitute for Robbins's fans. (Sept.)
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"[An] aromatic brew of sex, danger, money, drugs and shade-grown Arabica coffee . . . addictive."---Publishers Weekly on The Devil to Pay
 
"Here comes a mile-a-minute page-turner that will play like a movie in your head. The Devil to Pay delivers: characters you'll love or hate or love to hate…suspense, action, and sex . . .  and exotic locations brought to life so skillfully that you'll think you're in every scene. Pick it up and you won't want to put it down."--William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Constitution
 
"The Devil to Pay sweeps you from Seattle to cocaine and coffee wars in Columbia to Shanghai and back again. Robbins and Podrug grab you with the first line and don't let go. A wild, rollicking rollercoaster of a read, it'll leave you with your heart in your mouth and a ringing in your ears."--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author Tyrannosaur Canyon
 
"With action, suspense, romance, and thrills galore, The Devil to Pay hits all the stops. The coffee kings of Seattle, the Far Eastern crime warlords of Shanghai and the killing-machine drug lords of Medellín are thrown together in a non-stop thriller that kept me up past dawn. The Devil to Pay will fray your nerves and hurl your libido to hell and back!"--David Hagberg, USA Today bestselling author of Soldier of God

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Forge Books; 1st edition (August 28, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765350084
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765350084
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,174,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Eh. A pale shadow of Harold Robbins., January 6, 2012
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This review is from: The Devil To Pay (Mass Market Paperback)
I've been reading Harold Robbins since before I probably should have been reading Harold Robbins. I've read every one of his books, and a few of those written by authors off of his outlines.

Disappointing.

The background was great; Harold always schooled you on whatever subject the story was about, be it race cars, Hollywood, or in one of his A.D. novels, diamonds. This one did the same with coffee. I loved getting the fast-track on coffee and the country of Columbia.

The characters left a lot to be desired. Just an example: Lily's unique feature (read the book) was thrown in but it was almost as an afterthought. There could have been a real purpose to it, but the way it was written, it could have been left out and she would have been just as able to get what she wanted.

I never really felt connected to the book, which was really sad for me. I still have an old, dog-eared copy of Goodbye, Janette that I love. Classic Harold. I spent most of this book waiting for the glamour and glitz, sex and sensuality but never got any of it.

I will continue to read anything with Harold Robbins' name on it. I hope Jann has done better on the next book I read. :(
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Devil to Pay, September 2, 2008
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Nash Novak runs a coffee shop in Seattle. One day her shop burns down and the very same day she learns she has inherited a coffee plantation in Colombia. While the police suspects her of burning down her own shop, she flees to Colombia to visit the plantation. Turns out local gangsters has some interest in the plantation and Nash finds herself in a lot of trouble.

Podrug has done his research and lots of historical detail lend some authenticity to the story, but also sometimes slow down the pace; it's a matter of taste if you think this is good or bad. I liked it most of the time. Sex is to be expected from a novel with Robbin's name on it, and this is no exception. However, the part where Nash tells about her first sexual experience at age 16 had absolutely nothing to do with the story and should have been edited out. Occasionally, some information is repeated and a good editor could have fixed this too. On the whole, however, "The Devil to Pay" is an entertaining novel and Podrug's description of a country controlled by drug lords like Pablo Escobar is fascinating. 4-
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3.0 out of 5 stars Very slow read and unbelievable, January 20, 2010
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I have read several of Jack Higgins novels and found this one to be very slow and very unbelievable. I only read this book about half-way through, waiting for things to pick-up and they never did. The main character runs a coffe shop that is torched and she suddenty turns into this super slueth detective type person that is taking all kinds of dangerous chances that even a Navy Seal would not take. Just could not picture this lady doing the things she does in the middle of the drug capital of the world.
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