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Mack Bolan the Executioner #421
Hard Targets
BROTHERS IN ARMS
While investigating a missing person's case, Mack Bolan's brother Johnny uncovers a link between the Buffalo police department and the Mafia. But when he's forced to kill one of the cops moonlighting for the mob, the stakes suddenly go through the roof. Both sides want him to pay—in blood. But they're not the only ones looking for payback.
Bolan, with his little brother at his side, is determined to bring the Mafia and their partners in the police force to justice before more innocent lives are taken. The Mafia don is about to get a lethal message—delivered personally by the Executioner.
While investigating a missing person's case, Mack Bolan's brother Johnny uncovers a link between the Buffalo police department and the Mafia. But when he's forced to kill one of the cops moonlighting for the mob, the stakes suddenly go through the roof. Both sides want him to pay—in blood. But they're not the only ones looking for payback.
Bolan, with his little brother at his side, is determined to bring the Mafia and their partners in the police force to justice before more innocent lives are taken. The Mafia don is about to get a lethal message—delivered personally by the Executioner.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Michael Newton
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From Wikipedia:
"Michael Newton (born 1951) is an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series. Newton first began work on the Executioner series by co-writing "The Executioner's War Book" with Don Pendleton in 1977. Since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit, which triples the amount written by creator Don Pendleton. His skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as #100, #200, and #300.
Writing under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt, Michael Newton has also become a popular writer of Western novels. He has written a number of successful non-fiction titles as well, including a book on genre writing (How to Write Action Adventure Novels). His book Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida won the Florida Historical Society's 2002 Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006."
Pen names: Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan
Bibiliography available here.
From Wikipedia:
"Michael Newton (born 1951) is an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series. Newton first began work on the Executioner series by co-writing "The Executioner's War Book" with Don Pendleton in 1977. Since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit, which triples the amount written by creator Don Pendleton. His skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as #100, #200, and #300.
Writing under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt, Michael Newton has also become a popular writer of Western novels. He has written a number of successful non-fiction titles as well, including a book on genre writing (How to Write Action Adventure Novels). His book Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida won the Florida Historical Society's 2002 Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006."
Pen names: Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan
Bibiliography available here.
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March 10, 2020
In this story, Bolan must help his brother, a private investigator, who has uncovered police corruption and mob connections in Buffalo. Bolan has his usual MO of rolling up mob operations which leads to a final deadly confrontation. Unlike other encounters, however, the Executioner must thread a fine line as he tries not to break his rule of killing law enforcement even if they are hopelessly corrupt.
Readers familiar with the series will find all of the stuff they have come to expect in this story. Plenty of action and shootouts while light on the descriptive. I thought the dialogue between the characters and the character development while still lacking in some places, was slightly above average for the 180 page Executioner books. Overall an entertaining story Bolan fans will enjoy
Readers familiar with the series will find all of the stuff they have come to expect in this story. Plenty of action and shootouts while light on the descriptive. I thought the dialogue between the characters and the character development while still lacking in some places, was slightly above average for the 180 page Executioner books. Overall an entertaining story Bolan fans will enjoy
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