Synopsis (from
the publisher):
Ex-covert op Michael Westen has a new client. Paolo Fornelli is
Helmsman for a yacht in the Hurricane Cup—a winner-take-all race
financed by the super-rich and preceded by a week of highstakes
gambling, high-risk business, and high-class attitude. Paolo’s
family has been taken hostage. If Paolo ever wants to see them again,
he must make it to the final race—and lose.
To find the kidnappers, Michael will have to infiltrate high society
and enter a deadly game against deadlier opponents in a world where
money isn’t the only thing worth killing for …
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The End Game
A Burn
Notice Mystery with Michael Westen
Tod
Goldberg
Signet (Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-451-22676-3 (0451226763)
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22676-1 (9780451226761)
Publication Date: May 2009
List Price: $6.99
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Review: The
second tie-in novel to the Burn
Notice television series, The
End Game by Tod Goldberg, has ex-covert agent Michael Westen
taking on a new client, whose family has been kidnapped and held
hostage to ensure the outcome of a yacht race.
Weston is the recipient of a "burn notice", the deletion of his
identity from all official records. He's made it his personal mission
to find out who burned him and to get himself reinstated, before he's
erased ... permanently. In the meantime, stuck in Miami with no place
to go, he accepts cases that take advantage of his unique talents.
Gennaro Stephano is a master yachtsman who has entered his boat in a
high-stakes race. But before the race begins, his family is kidnapped,
the ransom demand being Stephano get to the finals, but lose the race.
Westen and his friends, Sam and Fiona, have to enter an elite world
where the competition is deadly and money is not the only thing worth
dying for.
The End Game is a
breezy, entertaining episode (as it were) in this series. Readers
unfamiliar with the overall premise are soon brought up to speed and
quickly immersed in Westen's latest undercover case. The characters are
as colorful and dynamic as the city they inhabit, and Westen in
particular has a wry sense of humor. It's all good fun as it should be,
and The End Game is an
engaging addition to both the television and print series.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of The End Game and to Penguin Group for providing a copy of the book for this review.
Review Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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Mysteries in this series …
The Fix
Signet (Mass Market Paperback), August 2008
ISBN-10: 0-451-22554-6 (0451225546)
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22554-2 (9780451225542)
The End Game
Signet (Mass Market Paperback), May 2009
ISBN-10: 0-451-22676-3 (0451226763)
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22676-1 (9780451226761)
Omnimystery keywords for The End Game ...
Location(s) referenced: Miami, Florida..
