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NOIR SPY ACTION ADVENTURE THRILLER

By: Richard Douglas Weber

Narrated by: Brian M. Mitchell

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

It's an action-packed, pulse pounding, true crime, noir thriller.

If you liked the films: Eyes Wide Shut, Jack Reacher, James Patterson's Michael Bennett Series and John Wick—and the twists and turns of Lincoln and Child's Pendergast Series—You'll love this book.

Richard Chance: former Special Agent in Charge DOS Diplomatic Security—DSS, now head of ENIGMA an international security/intelligence firm, faces three life-threatening challenges. A deadly game of betrayal. From Los Angeles, to Las Vegas, to New York, to a private Caribbean Island. SIN ISLAND.

During a high-stakes poker game he meets an alluring high-priced call girl/grifter who enlists his help in finding her lost 15-year-old little sister who's run away to New York. And is promised a modeling career with SABRINA'S TREASURES by a mysterious rich woman.

On assignment at a Beverly Hills afterhours Oscar Party, he meets four people who will plunge him into a nightmare world of jeopardy and intrigue.

Gillian St James: British socialite, charming, refined and treacherous. Lover and accomplice. And at night?

Julian Karswell: Psychic and astrologer to the stars, who is secretly a freelance MI-6 operative charged with retrieving an incriminating tape involving a member of the Royal Family. A Prince. He is also a master hypnotist and stage magician and esoteric authority.

Danny Steinberg: Billionaire financier and close confidant to presidents, British Royalty, bankers, and celebrities. And the secret mastermind of an international blackmail operation. Who uses his trappings of wealth and success to ensnare and victimize the innocent.

Gillian introduces Chance to a fashion mogul during the line's fashion show, Saul Goldman, CEO of Sabrina's Treasures a popular lingerie line, who is also Danny's main client. Chance is hired by Saul Goldman to compile a dossier on Steinberg. To finish him off!

Dasha: Alluring Russian vixen who is a deep cover operative who seduces Chance. Chance finds out too late that she has her own hidden agenda.

Chance Finds himself drawn into a shadowy world of spies, lies, and extortion.

He and Karswell are kidnapped by MOSSAD. Chance is hunted by a NEO-NAZI hitman who feels no pain!

Finally in a last-ditch effort to rescue the missing teenager and her fellow captives from Danny's clutches, he and Karswell are forced to come face to face with pure evil on SIN ISLAND.

YOU ENJOYED THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF: LINCOLN AND CHILD'S PENDERGAST SERIES AND DEAN KOONTZ, AND DAVID BALDACCI SERIES, YOU'LL LOVE THIS THRILL RIDE.

Kirkus Reviews: Jaw dropping, fast paced, action packed thriller, giving new details on the Jeffrey Epstein case through the medium of fiction. It’s a total old fashioned noir thriller, complete with femme fatales, characters who are not what they appear to be.

©2023 Richard Douglas Weber (P)2024 Richard Douglas Weber

Critic reviews

"Jaw dropping, fast paced, action packed thriller, giving new details on the Jeffery Epstein case through the medium of fiction." —Kirkus Reviews

"Cross genre thriller in the tradition of Dean Koontz. He blends a noir, hard-nosed hero with a splash of the supernatural. Good Detailed plot that hurtles down the road at breakneck speed. Espionage, mystery, and thrill fest all in one." —Houston Chronicle

gripped me from the start to finish ....

Wow this was a total surprise. The narration and the music made this such a delight to listen to. I think all audio books should have mood music, especially thrillers like this

If you like lots of action with a complex mystery and a totally realistic plot like Robert Ludlum or Lee Child you will love this book.

The plotting and pacing was superb, It roared down the tracks at breakneck speed. It had a genuine Noir like feel even though it was set in present day. The characters were totally fleshed out and you really came to know and care for them. Today a lot of action/adventure thrillers don't bother to do this but it is essential for the effectiveness of the writing and story.

I reminded me of Lee Childs Jack Reacher, tons of action but much more character depth. Reminds me of John D MacDonald's series ... a bit noir with an affable hero who tons of quirky comic relief.
I love James Patterson's Michael Bennett series, And John Sanfords Davenport character.
There's a bit of Robert Ludlum too in the espionage angle. But the spy angle seems so authentic. I see that the author actually worked for the US State Dept. /CIA which shows in the technical details and the authenticity of the action and plot.

The hero is tough but the author showed his human side with all its weaknesses. The secondary protagonist, Julian Karswell, was fantastic. Eccentric, clever and provided some comic relief. He is a truly Sherlock Holmes type character but with a history and he's portly and is articulate.
The narrator did an excellent job jumping from British to Ameriican, to Russian and even Hungarian accents with the characters. It made them come alive.

Men's action thriller

Pulse pounding noir action adventure spy thriller. Great plot, believable characters,intrigue and terror all in one story. MI6 and ex CIA agent battle international cabal. An eccentic MI6 agent,who is also a psychic and ceremonial magician fights to destroy black lodge.