Reviewed By: Jeff Kreider - RAM
Cold Cold Heart
James Elliot
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A really nice find I did this last quarter was James Elliot's 1994 novel, Cold Cold Heart. A former CIA agent, Mike Cully, is in prison because he took the wrap for the agency who, of course, turned their back on him. But, being true blue, he isn't talking. But they need him and can arrange for his release. It seems that a Soviet defector, with whom Cully had helped defect, is suspected of a rash of serial murders. He agrees and soon finds himself teamed up with a women, an ex-cop, turned reporter.
As an aside, James Elliot is a pseudonym and for quite a while speculation had it that the real author was Ridley Pearson (who, insistently denied it). A few years back, I picked up The Genesis Code, by John Case and though I haven't read him, yet, I've picked his other books. It turns out that John Case is also a pseudonym and also "lives near Washington DC" as does "James Elliot". On the flap of John Case's latest book, The Syndrome, it reveals that John Case is really a the husband and wife team, Jim and Carolyn Hougan. He is an "Intelligence Consultant" and she is an investigative reporter. I believe they also wrote as James Elliot.
Jeff Kreider - RAM
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