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Devil's Juggler
Welcome to the tangled world of Devil's Juggler, a smashing debut novel that propels us with nonstop excitement from the grittines of the NYPD into the realms of the IRA, the Columbian cocaine cartels, and the British SIS - places where no betrayal stays secret for long.
656 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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August 22, 2017
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April 21, 2020
What a read! Once this story gets hold of you it doesn't let go, right up until the explosive last pages. Buckle up, you're in for quite a ride..
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January 8, 2022Once this book grabs you it holds on tight right up to the explosive conclusion.
June 29, 2016
This took me a while, it weighs in at a hefty 656 pages.
“I kissed that dead junkie when the vomit was warm on her kisser and I owe somebody for that.” remarks Eddie Lucco early on."
Reading that line early in the book, I wasn’t sure whether to carry on but it got better. Eddie Lucco is a gritty detective in the NYPD with a teenage Jane Doe in the morgue, dead from experimenting with crack, Lucco is obstinately determined to identify her, even if that means coming into the sights of the Columbia’s most dangerous drug cartel.
Meanwhile in the UK , Jardine, head of the British Secret Intelligence Service’s South American operations is planning to plant an agent in the heart of that same cartel. There is a lot of interesting detail for the nuts and bolts of such an operation.
This is a thriller with an intricately woven plot, all the threads twisted up in Colombia and held in the hands of Il padrino , a Pablo Escobar-like figure.
The Cartel is looking to expand into Europe and making a sinister deal with the Provisional IRA to distribute their product.
The interesting characters are predominantly male, the females are a mix of the dead, the long suffering wives and the potential sexual conquests of the male characters. Jardine’s peccadilloes are a serious chink in his otherwise impressive armour.
“I kissed that dead junkie when the vomit was warm on her kisser and I owe somebody for that.” remarks Eddie Lucco early on."
Reading that line early in the book, I wasn’t sure whether to carry on but it got better. Eddie Lucco is a gritty detective in the NYPD with a teenage Jane Doe in the morgue, dead from experimenting with crack, Lucco is obstinately determined to identify her, even if that means coming into the sights of the Columbia’s most dangerous drug cartel.
Meanwhile in the UK , Jardine, head of the British Secret Intelligence Service’s South American operations is planning to plant an agent in the heart of that same cartel. There is a lot of interesting detail for the nuts and bolts of such an operation.
This is a thriller with an intricately woven plot, all the threads twisted up in Colombia and held in the hands of Il padrino , a Pablo Escobar-like figure.
The Cartel is looking to expand into Europe and making a sinister deal with the Provisional IRA to distribute their product.
The interesting characters are predominantly male, the females are a mix of the dead, the long suffering wives and the potential sexual conquests of the male characters. Jardine’s peccadilloes are a serious chink in his otherwise impressive armour.
October 7, 2013
This remains one of my favorite spy novels of all time. The plot brings you from three separate directions and ties them all together in a satisfying way. It was as realistic as a dramatic spy novel could be, without becoming mired in the details. If you enjoyed Smiley's People or other work by ex-intelligence types, I thought this was a livelier addition to that niche.
December 1, 2014
I couldn't finish it..I couldn't concentrate on at all....
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