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Title: Extreme Denial
ISBN: 0446603961
Author:
David Morrell
Publicate Date: 1997-04-01
Publish: 1997-04-01
List Price: $7.50
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: David Morrell's earlier books are his best
I have always liked David Morrell books. I still believe his early writings are his best. Fraturnity of the Stone is my favorite.
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2: There's No Denying it, Morrell Books are Always a Great Way to Pass the Time
Extreme Denial isn't at the top of the list of Morrell's great work but it is still a very good and very enjoyable read. Morrell has written a similar main character to what he does with most of his work with Extreme Denial's main character Stephen Decker. If you enjoyed Mitch Coltrane (Double Image), Cavanaugh (The Protector) Malone (Burnt Sienna) or any of Morrell's other ex CIA, ex Special Forces characters which drive most of his novels then you'll really enjoy this novel as well.
In Extreme Denial CIA agent Stephen Decker has finally had enough when he is teamed up with Brian McKittrick, the incompetent bumbling son of former chairman of the National Security Council, for an antiterrorism assignment in Rome. Saving both the son's and father's lives they use extreme denial to blame everything on him. Seeing a story on a unique historic type of housing in Santa Fe New Mexico and with no other plans Decker decides he'll relocate there. When looking at a house Decker gets the idea his training in dealing with people will probably make him a decent real estate agent so convinces the women who wants to sell him an expensive house to throw in a trial job for himself to clench the deal. Soon he is highly successful, meets a new female client Beth who is very attractive and like he did has moved to Santa Fe to start a new life. With romance blossoming Decker finally believes he has reinvented his life for the better. When he starts to notice someone from his past life in the streets and his and Beth's bedroom enjoyment is interrupted by guys firing machine guns Decker knows someone or some people don't want him to move on with his life.
A great read, also check out Morrell's great reads First Blood, Burnt Sienna, The Protector, Double Image and Creepers as well!
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3: Boilerplate Fiction
I picked up this book without really knowing anything about the author, and without really reading the book jacket description. It was ok, not great; readable, but not special. I found the entire plot to be a bit "over the top," and very predictable (and very forgettable). I won't rule out picking up another David Morrell book, but I also won't seek one out.
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4: What a crock!
The author must have greased his palms before he churned out this pot-boiler. It was long-winded and predictable at every turn. Every major character was challenged merely to loom up out of the pages in two dimensions.
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5: The World Of Intrigue in Government.
Moving from the streets of New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico, "the land of the dancing sun," Steve is running for his very existence. He had been an anti-terrorist operative for U.S. until one of the covert missions went awry and he had to take full blame.
So he returns to his roots back in the land where Georgie O'Keefe painted all of those flower pictures and he could at last find peace. He found trouble with the love life offered to him and discovered that the stakes could be higher. He must discover the truth by all means. "I'm just making an observation," he is told by someone who was his enemy when the possibility of Beth being in on the deal to get rid of him.
He owns some restaurants for use as money-laundering for the mob and knew all those in the bedroom communities of New Jersey. He must clear his record and he must save Beth.
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