Book Review: Whistler's Angel

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Whistler's Angel     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
John R. Maxim
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Psychological Suspense   Espionage
Morrow, Mar 2001, $25.00, 355 pp.

Being a chip off the old block once felt great to Adam Whistler who followed his distinguished father into the eerie world of covert operations. However, Adam no longer has a taste for the work and simply wants to quit. The problem is no one in his line of work just changes professions and lives long enough to earn a different retirement. Adam needs a special kind of life insurance, which he negotiates by robbing damning documents about the activities of his nasty boss, Felix Aubrey.

However, in the middle of his protective documents, Adam finds himself holding something more damning and dangerous than just a bit of minor blackmailing fluff he planned to use to keep his own life safe. He turns to his legendary dad who sends him to Claudia Geller for help. Aubrey begins a deadly game to regain the document, leaving Adam and company turning to the great Bannerman and his cohorts as allies in a war between covert professionals.

Best selling author John R. Maxim stretches the maximum acceptance levels of a daring plot by his readers and somehow his talent turns it into a fast-paced story line. The plot never slows down as Adam tries to expedite himself from the business only to land deeper inside its darkest cesspool. Felix seems too nasty to be human yet his machinations make the novel spin forward so that the reader does not care. Throw in Bannerman's return even if he is not the star in this action-packed novel, thereby insuring that WHISTLER'S ANGEL is espionage at its thrilling best.

Harriet Klausner

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