Heat

Frank Pagan #5

by Campbell Armstrong

It’s a name that makes counterterrorism agents’ blood run cold because it is attached to hundreds of deaths—murders by hand, by bomb, by knife. Carlotta. She haunts Frank Pagan’s dreams and seems to taunt him at every turn.

Despite following every lead, the renegade detective can’t catch the female terrorist he needs to thwart and bring to justice. As their cat-and-mouse game heats up, Frank can’t admit to anyone but himself that he finds the woman fascinating—and that she seems to be equally attracted to him.

Genres: Fiction

479 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

aka Thomas Altman, Campbell Black, Jeffrey Campbell (with Jeffrey Caine), Thomas Weldon

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Campbell Armstrong got a degree in philosophy before taking a position teaching creating writing. After his excellent series about counterterrorism expert Frank Pagan, Mr. Armstrong has written several compelling novels of crime and life in his native Glasgow.

Reviews

[Lysergius · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the last in the Campbell Armstrong Frank Pagen series. It is not really the best of the series, and I found the ability of the female terrorist to appear and disappear at will, despite every security service in the world searching for her, simply defies belief.

[henrys-axe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've only recently discovered Campbell Armstrong and have been faithful in tackling all of the Lou Perlman series and Heatthe fifth in the Frank Pagan series. Armstrong approach to plot and character development is beyond reproach. My only reservation with this particular installment is the over-indulgence by the author to the sexual proclivities of the central antagonist. While I understand the need to make the character come alive, there was a little too much information shared with the reader. Just the opinion of a somewhat reserved old man with too much time in his daily life. Other than that, a great tale with some very evil characters (evil being relative for many).