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The 23rd Web
"Slick...there is action, conspiracy, plenty of sex. Himmel knows how to keep everything at a boil. He's a good storyteller in the Arthur Hailey style. There is so much action that the reader is swept along. It's like a B-movie of international intrigue. This book will amuse and entertain you." The New York Times A cold-blooded Arab sheik and his army of psychopathic terrorists use blackmail, kidnapping and murder to force hundreds of rich Amercan Jews to stop giving money to Israel, part of a complex effort to economically cripple the Jewish nation. One man, Justice department attorney Peter Frankel, leads the fight against the insidious plot, drawing him into an inescapable web of twisted sex and brutal violence. "Kinky, muscular and menacing," Vogue Magazine "The simplicity of Himmel's plot is what makes his book fascinating. ..and it all seems very plausible. The characters are believable (with) large doses of sex sprinkled liberally throughout." Berkeley Gazette "Notable for its ingenuity...the conflict is entertaining as the terrorists and American supporters of Israel face each other in a battle of nerves and wills."South Bend Tribute "A surprising climax." Tampa Tribune "The pace of the action is steady and the wind-up is satisfying." Publishers Weekly
361 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 19, 2020
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December 4, 2022
Himmel wrote nine paperbacks from 1950 through 1958, including five Johnny Maguire novels and his bestseller I Have Gloria Kirby. For the next nineteen years, Himmel pursued a highly successful career as an interior designer. Beginning in 1977, he released three lengthy full-blown novels. The first of these, the 23rd Web, is envisioned as a wide sweeping novel with lengthy character buildups. Alas, it never lived up to billing. The overall plot is an Arab terrorist group blackmailing Jewish-Americans to cut off financial support for Israel. The plot gets bogged down in character studies of blackmail victims and simply isn’t interesting enough to finish.
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