Duty Bound

by Leonard B. Scott

Caught in the crossfire . . .

While investigating a multimillion-dollar armed robbery, and several apparently unconnected murders, the mismatched FBI team of sharp-tongued feminist Ashley Sutton, and her boss, chauvinistic and proud Eli Tanner, unintentionally walks into the kill zone of a deadly conflict between two formidable opponents.

Sometime earlier, drug kingpin Carlos Mendez had ambushed and killed almost an entire Navy SEAL platoon off the coast of Honduras. Now a  squad of former U.S. special-operations soldiers wants him to pay for his sins--in money and blood. But Mendez has political pull, a private army, a deadly arsenal, and a fortress compound in Miami. And he knows something neither the FBI nor the former spec-ops troopers do. . . .

The odds don't look good for either group of good guys.

From the backwoods of Georgia to the opulent crime palaces of Miami, DUTY BOUND propels Special Agents Sutton and Tanner on a wild, edge-of-the-seat ride through hot lead and cold blood.

Genres: Action

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Leonard B. Scott (Col. USA ret.) is also the author of the acclaimed novels Charlie Mike, The Last Run, The Hill, The Expendables, The Iron Men, and Forged in Honor. Scott retired in 1994 as a full colonel after a twenty-seven-year career in the United States Army, with assignments throughout the world. A veteran of Vietnam, he earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Colonel Scott devotes all his time to researching and writing his novels. He and his wife have returned to their home state of Oklahoma, bought their dream house, and declare they're never moving again.

Reviews

[Kristin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted a small paperback book to take with me on a weekend trip, and stole this one from Joe. I read The Iron Men by Scott before, which was an action-packed military thriller with historical fiction elements to it that I really liked. Duty Bound was just an action thriller set in the mid-1990s with FBI, ex-SEAL, and DEA operatives. Though mildly entertaining, it constantly referred to the strong female characters as "bitchy," and worse, had the female characters refer to themselves as "bitchy." This book reinforces the wrong perceptions about strong women working in law enforcement and military professions, in my opinion. I hope anyone who reads this is smart enough to pick up on this shortcoming in the writing and plot development.

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best effort by Leonard Scott, but still an excellent novel. Exciting and a quick read. Unfortunately the first book I read by Scott was The Iron Men, none of the rest can compare, but this one is still good.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved Scott's earlier books on combat in Vietnam. This one deals with a crime boss in Miami. Interesting, but doesn't send me looking for other books by this author.

[Shannon Cole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read, but I still think ironed and his vietnam books are to be read before this one