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Stark and O'Brien Adventures #4
The Ice Woman Assignment
The Ice Woman This is the 4th novel in the Stark & O Brien adventure series. Morgan Stark & Felicity O Brien battle Anaconda, female leader of a Colombian drug cartel with a secret psychic slaves who can predict their every move. Anaconda is importing a new drug known simply as ice. Federal agencies hope Stark & O Brien s street connections can help them trace the source of the new drug before it becomes too popular to stop. The action becomes more intense when Stark and O Brien go to Colombia to face the killers on their own turf.
- GenresThriller
274 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2011
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About the author
Austin S. Camacho
32 books235 followersAustin S. Camacho is the author of six novels about Washington Dc-based private eye Hannibal Jones, five in the Stark and O’Brien international adventure-thriller series, and the detective novel, Beyond Blue. His short stories have been featured in several anthologies including Dying in a Winter Wonderland – an Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Top Ten Bestseller for 2008 - and he is featured in the Edgar nominated African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey.
Camacho is deeply involved with the writing community. He is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, past Vice President of the Virginia Writers Club, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.
Camacho is deeply involved with the writing community. He is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, past Vice President of the Virginia Writers Club, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.
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December 19, 2020
( Format : Audiobook )
"The puma and the hawk ."
The security team partnership of Morgan Stark, ex-military, and Felicity O'Brien, former jewel thief, is enhanced by a near psychic awareness of each other and of present danger, making them good at what they do, very good. Perhaps the best. But when they take on a new job at the request of a friend, they find themselves out of their league. A new drug, ice, has started to appear on the streets and their job is to track how it is being distributed; but the leader of the Columbian Cartel, the Escorpionistas, has powers of her own...
Action packed from chapter one, this book is a thrill ride but also one filled with emotion right to the end. These are characters, perhaps flawed, but to care about, and feel for, in their troubles and losses. Narrator Nicholas Patrella further enhances the reader's involvement with his fast, almost hypnotic performance. Rhythmic, emotional, and giving individual voice to the different protagonists, he clearly carries the author's well developed scenes as pictures to the mind. Only one slight discrepancy: Felicity, with her vibrant red hair, is distinctively Irish with an heavy accent, but Mr.Patrella's reading gives little indication of this. Far better, however, to offer, as he does, a mere trace of her national speech patterns than give a poor, heavy handed approximation that would leave the reader mentally screaming. Excellent choice, Mr.Patrella.
The Ice Woman Assignment is an excellent entangled and emotional thriller, fast moving, engaging, visual and full of action but without detail overload and, as such, highly recommended to readers enjoying this genre. My thanks to the rights holder who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. I expect that I will think back on this story for some time to come and I am tempted now to read the earlier Stark and O'Brien books by author Austin Camacho.
"The puma and the hawk ."
The security team partnership of Morgan Stark, ex-military, and Felicity O'Brien, former jewel thief, is enhanced by a near psychic awareness of each other and of present danger, making them good at what they do, very good. Perhaps the best. But when they take on a new job at the request of a friend, they find themselves out of their league. A new drug, ice, has started to appear on the streets and their job is to track how it is being distributed; but the leader of the Columbian Cartel, the Escorpionistas, has powers of her own...
Action packed from chapter one, this book is a thrill ride but also one filled with emotion right to the end. These are characters, perhaps flawed, but to care about, and feel for, in their troubles and losses. Narrator Nicholas Patrella further enhances the reader's involvement with his fast, almost hypnotic performance. Rhythmic, emotional, and giving individual voice to the different protagonists, he clearly carries the author's well developed scenes as pictures to the mind. Only one slight discrepancy: Felicity, with her vibrant red hair, is distinctively Irish with an heavy accent, but Mr.Patrella's reading gives little indication of this. Far better, however, to offer, as he does, a mere trace of her national speech patterns than give a poor, heavy handed approximation that would leave the reader mentally screaming. Excellent choice, Mr.Patrella.
The Ice Woman Assignment is an excellent entangled and emotional thriller, fast moving, engaging, visual and full of action but without detail overload and, as such, highly recommended to readers enjoying this genre. My thanks to the rights holder who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. I expect that I will think back on this story for some time to come and I am tempted now to read the earlier Stark and O'Brien books by author Austin Camacho.
December 16, 2020
Intense. Stark and O'Brien take an assignment from the CIA after the FBI tanked on the job of stopping the new cartel bringing the drug ICE into the US. This job is the toughest they've had to date, and the one that cost each of them and turned it into a personal feud.
Voice actor Nicholas Patrella did a wonderful job with all the voices and really acted out the story and did not just read it. His voice brings the characters to life with His inflections entirely suited the situations and characters
Voice actor Nicholas Patrella did a wonderful job with all the voices and really acted out the story and did not just read it. His voice brings the characters to life with His inflections entirely suited the situations and characters
October 16, 2013
EPITOME OF "ACTION-PACKED THRILLER"
Morgan Stark and Felicity O'Brien are the most unlikely of business partners - one a renowned jewel thief and the other a former member of the U.S special ops team; one full-blooded Irish and the other African American. Having joined forces to form a security firm, they utilize the psychic connection they share, which heightens awareness of their surroundings, especially when danger approaches. This bond, along with their combined skill set, enables them to retrieve information and infiltrate organizations that the government cannot. As a result of their abilities, they are summoned by an old friend from the CIA to work on a case involving the Escorpionistas, a rising drug-smuggling faction in Columbia that imports a new, more addictive drug called "Ice" to the United States. Anaconda, the treacherous leader of the group, becomes enraged by their involvement and strikes so that they both end up suffering losses that they never anticipated. In the end, this case becomes much more than a job for the CIA. It turns into a personal feud for Stark and O'Brien who vow not to stop pursuing until Anaconda is rendered powerless once and for all.
Austin Camacho's The Ice Woman Assignment is the latest installment of his Stark & O'Brien series. This was my reading experience with this author and I was extremely pleased as I came to the close of this book. The first thing that grabbed me was attention paid to detail when it came to the military tactics, equipment and jargon. This was a dead giveaway that he has a strong military background. Yet, it is described in such a manner that I, with no experience or knowledge in this area, was able to visualize and understand what was taking place throughout. In addition, the scenes were not laden with so much of these details that it is not believable to civilians. This title is the epitome of the term "action-packed thriller." There was never a moment that left me bored. After reading The Ice Woman Assignment, I am now forced to go back to the beginning of this series to read the previous titles. I strongly recommend this title to others. Well done Mr. Camacho!
Ondrea L. Davis, Reviewer
Morgan Stark and Felicity O'Brien are the most unlikely of business partners - one a renowned jewel thief and the other a former member of the U.S special ops team; one full-blooded Irish and the other African American. Having joined forces to form a security firm, they utilize the psychic connection they share, which heightens awareness of their surroundings, especially when danger approaches. This bond, along with their combined skill set, enables them to retrieve information and infiltrate organizations that the government cannot. As a result of their abilities, they are summoned by an old friend from the CIA to work on a case involving the Escorpionistas, a rising drug-smuggling faction in Columbia that imports a new, more addictive drug called "Ice" to the United States. Anaconda, the treacherous leader of the group, becomes enraged by their involvement and strikes so that they both end up suffering losses that they never anticipated. In the end, this case becomes much more than a job for the CIA. It turns into a personal feud for Stark and O'Brien who vow not to stop pursuing until Anaconda is rendered powerless once and for all.
Austin Camacho's The Ice Woman Assignment is the latest installment of his Stark & O'Brien series. This was my reading experience with this author and I was extremely pleased as I came to the close of this book. The first thing that grabbed me was attention paid to detail when it came to the military tactics, equipment and jargon. This was a dead giveaway that he has a strong military background. Yet, it is described in such a manner that I, with no experience or knowledge in this area, was able to visualize and understand what was taking place throughout. In addition, the scenes were not laden with so much of these details that it is not believable to civilians. This title is the epitome of the term "action-packed thriller." There was never a moment that left me bored. After reading The Ice Woman Assignment, I am now forced to go back to the beginning of this series to read the previous titles. I strongly recommend this title to others. Well done Mr. Camacho!
Ondrea L. Davis, Reviewer
April 11, 2013
Working on review; thought it was a very good story.
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