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Joe Copp #3
Copp In Deep: Joe Copp, Private Eye Series
COPP IN DEEPIn a fast-moving adventure filled with high tension and intrigue, Don Pendleton's ex-cop turned Private Eye, Joe Copp, sinks into a world of greed and corporate corruption, treason, professional sex, and murder on demand. As the corpses pile up, Copp dodges the Feds, butts heads with traitors, romances women with questionable morals, and finds himself out in the cold, in deep, and getting deeper, in his search for truth and justice. Don Pendleton, again, shows he's the master of the form in this classic hardboiled detective fare, one of the six books in the Joe Copp Private Eye mystery series. "Reads like an express train...Pendleton knows how to keep us turning the pages." ~Publishers Weekly"Pendleton mines another bestselling vein with the cases of ex-cop/private eye Joe Copp, the toughest operator this side of Mike Hammer."~ALA Booklist Don Pendleton is creator of The Mack Bolan original series of novels and is the "father of the Action/Adventure" literary genre.
228 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 1989
About the author
Don Pendleton
1,534 books195 followersDon Pendleton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, December 12, 1927 and died October 23, 1995 in Arizona.
He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.
After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."
"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."
Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.
Wikipedia: Don Pendleton
He wrote mystery, action/adventure, science-fiction, crime fiction, suspense, short stories, nonfiction, and was a comic scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and metaphysical scholar. He published more than 125 books in his long career, and his books have been published in more than 25 foreign languages with close to two hundred million copies in print throughout the world.
After producing a number of science-fiction and mystery novels, Don launched in 1969 the phenomenal Mack Bolan: The Executioner, which quickly emerged as the original, definitive Action/Adventure series. His successful paperback books inspired a new particularly American literary genre during the early 1970's, and Don became known as "the father of action/adventure."
"Although The Executioner Series is far and away my most significant contribution to world literature, I still do not perceive myself as 'belonging' to any particular literary niche. I am simply a storyteller, an entertainer who hopes to enthrall with visions of the reader's own incipient greatness."
Don Pendleton's original Executioner Series are now in ebooks, published by Open Road Media. 37 of the original novels.
Wikipedia: Don Pendleton
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August 16, 2021
Three of last the four novels I opened were DNF (did not finish). I was afraid that the masters had spoiled me. To be honest, a lot of the NY Times Best Selling authors are crap. They have a market, I get it. But most of it is not for me.
Then I came this one on our shelf. I had never heard of Don Pendleton, and the cover didn't imply he was anyone. So I gave it a go. What did I have to lose. Worst case I prove myself right.
Bam! From the first page, I knew I was happily wrong. This starts off a theme park thrill ride and seldom slows down to catch its breath. Great in an unique way. I especially liked how the narrator, Joe Copp, stops to recap what he thinks is going on.
Midway through, I looked up Don Pendleton. Turns out he was something of book selling monster back in his day with all sorts of deals going on. This is case, he was a monster who could really write.
ABOUT OUR COPY
As part of my read every book we own project, I usually talk about my physical copy. This one has a sale price sticker on it for $2.50. Which means I bought it at some point off a chain store clearance table back when I worked downtown. Now about 30 years later, I have finally read it. I'll be giving to my brother who will appreciate it.
Then I came this one on our shelf. I had never heard of Don Pendleton, and the cover didn't imply he was anyone. So I gave it a go. What did I have to lose. Worst case I prove myself right.
Bam! From the first page, I knew I was happily wrong. This starts off a theme park thrill ride and seldom slows down to catch its breath. Great in an unique way. I especially liked how the narrator, Joe Copp, stops to recap what he thinks is going on.
Midway through, I looked up Don Pendleton. Turns out he was something of book selling monster back in his day with all sorts of deals going on. This is case, he was a monster who could really write.
ABOUT OUR COPY
As part of my read every book we own project, I usually talk about my physical copy. This one has a sale price sticker on it for $2.50. Which means I bought it at some point off a chain store clearance table back when I worked downtown. Now about 30 years later, I have finally read it. I'll be giving to my brother who will appreciate it.
March 3, 2012
Good plot. I like the way the author sums up the whole story at the end so you can see how everything linked together.
May 7, 2025
Again, we have Don Pendleton doing Spillane better than Spillane. This one got kind of mixed up some, has a lot of moving parts. Copp is hired by his ex partner on the force to look into kinky stuff going on at his employer, a major defense contractor. Though, after that, Copp is just trying to survive. Seems a lot of people are getting nervous with him snooping around. He also has no idea who he can trust, probably nobody completely.
Highly recommended, Pendleton rarely disappoints. Again, this one has a lot of moving parts, but it stays moving, and the Copp as narrator works so well.
Highly recommended, Pendleton rarely disappoints. Again, this one has a lot of moving parts, but it stays moving, and the Copp as narrator works so well.
September 5, 2025
Three of last the four novels I opened were DNF (did not finish). I was afraid that the masters had spoiled me. To be honest, a lot of the NY Times Best Selling authors are crap. They have a market, I get it. But most of it is not for me.
Then I came this one on our shelf. I had never heard of Don Pendleton, and the cover didn't imply he was anyone. So I gave it a go. What did I have to lose. Worst case I prove myself right.
Bam! From the first page, I knew I was happily wrong. This starts off a theme park thrill ride and seldom slows down to catch its breath. Great in an unique way. I especially liked how the narrator, Joe Copp, stops to recap what he thinks is going on.
Midway through, I looked up Don Pendleton. Turns out he was something of book selling monster back in his day with all sorts of deals going on. This is case, he was a monster who could really write.
ABOUT OUR COPY
As part of my read every book we own project, I usually talk about my physical copy. This one has a sale price sticker on it for $2.50. Which means I bought it at some point off a chain store clearance table back when I worked downtown. Now about 30 years later, I have finally read it. I'll be giving to my brother who will appreciate it.
Then I came this one on our shelf. I had never heard of Don Pendleton, and the cover didn't imply he was anyone. So I gave it a go. What did I have to lose. Worst case I prove myself right.
Bam! From the first page, I knew I was happily wrong. This starts off a theme park thrill ride and seldom slows down to catch its breath. Great in an unique way. I especially liked how the narrator, Joe Copp, stops to recap what he thinks is going on.
Midway through, I looked up Don Pendleton. Turns out he was something of book selling monster back in his day with all sorts of deals going on. This is case, he was a monster who could really write.
ABOUT OUR COPY
As part of my read every book we own project, I usually talk about my physical copy. This one has a sale price sticker on it for $2.50. Which means I bought it at some point off a chain store clearance table back when I worked downtown. Now about 30 years later, I have finally read it. I'll be giving to my brother who will appreciate it.
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