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Narc #1
Narc
A narcotics agent comes between a dealer and the biggest heroin shipment in history.
One thousand pounds of uncut heroin. Street value: a quarter of a billion dollars. New York’s baddest dealer is a preening hustler named St. James Livingston, and his latest scheme will make the French Connection smuggling operation look small-time. The shipment is coming in through a Cuban diplomatic mission, and when it arrives Livingston won’t just make a fortune. He’ll make history. Only John Bolt stands in his way.
The meanest narcotics agent in the country, Bolt arrests Livingston’s supplier during a South American raid. But cutting off the head won’t kill this snake. Too many junkies are hungry for smack, and too many crooks are desperate for profits. The biggest shipment in history will also be the bloodiest, and Bolt stands to make a killing.
One thousand pounds of uncut heroin. Street value: a quarter of a billion dollars. New York’s baddest dealer is a preening hustler named St. James Livingston, and his latest scheme will make the French Connection smuggling operation look small-time. The shipment is coming in through a Cuban diplomatic mission, and when it arrives Livingston won’t just make a fortune. He’ll make history. Only John Bolt stands in his way.
The meanest narcotics agent in the country, Bolt arrests Livingston’s supplier during a South American raid. But cutting off the head won’t kill this snake. Too many junkies are hungry for smack, and too many crooks are desperate for profits. The biggest shipment in history will also be the bloodiest, and Bolt stands to make a killing.
- GenresCrime
169 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Marc Olden
54 books40 followersMarc Olden (1933–2003) was the author of forty mystery and suspense novels. Born in Baltimore, he began writing while working in New York as a Broadway publicist. His first book, Angela Davis (1973), was a nonfiction study of the controversial Black Panther. In 1973 he also published Narc, under the name Robert Hawke, beginning a hard-boiled nine-book series about a federal narcotics agent.
A year later, Black Samurai introduced Robert Sand, a martial arts expert who becomes the first non-Japanese student of a samurai master. Based on Olden’s own interest in martial arts, which led him to the advanced ranks of karate and aikido, the novel spawned a successful eight-book series. Olden continued writing for the next three decades, often drawing on his fascination with Japanese culture and history.
A year later, Black Samurai introduced Robert Sand, a martial arts expert who becomes the first non-Japanese student of a samurai master. Based on Olden’s own interest in martial arts, which led him to the advanced ranks of karate and aikido, the novel spawned a successful eight-book series. Olden continued writing for the next three decades, often drawing on his fascination with Japanese culture and history.
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March 22, 2017
Marc Olden always delivers. Book one of the Narc series. Just like in "The Black Samurai" series, Olden doesn't waste time on an extensive back story. We race strait into the action. There seems to be a "famine" on the streets of the city. Famine meaning a shortage of drugs brought on by a big time pusher. He in fact has a big deal going with a French kingpin for 1,000 pounds of pure, uncut heroine. John Bolt, "The Narc" is out to stop it.
The 1970's come alive with Marc Olden's style. All the jive talk, street life, racial tension, and of course , everyone looking for a pay phone. I think that the author spent more time on the character development in The Black Samurai, and doubled up on the action in The Narc. Both are required reading in the action genre.
The 1970's come alive with Marc Olden's style. All the jive talk, street life, racial tension, and of course , everyone looking for a pay phone. I think that the author spent more time on the character development in The Black Samurai, and doubled up on the action in The Narc. Both are required reading in the action genre.
November 11, 2013
Very 70s pulp. ok read
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