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In this fifth book in the Cotton Malone series by Steve Berry, we find Cotton pressed into service yet again when Sam Collins, an American Secret Service Agent, breaks into his home in the middle of the nights with assassins on his heels. Cotton discovers that Sam was sent to him by his old friend and ally, Henrik Thorvaldsen who needs his help to stop the Paris Club.
The Paris Club is a cabal of multimillionaires that are on using their connections and influence to manipulate the global financia ...more
The Paris Club is a cabal of multimillionaires that are on using their connections and influence to manipulate the global financia ...more

At first, I found it kinda hard to get into this book. The beginning was grabbing enough but the swap between characters (there are a number of them) was a bit fast for me but as I got the rhythm, I picked up the pace and kept on reading.
Cotton Malone was in his room when he realised there was an intruder. Sam Collins, the aforementioned intruder, was there by the instruction of a mutual friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, to ask for help. Henrik Thorvaldsen is on a personal vendetta, to find & kill all ...more
Cotton Malone was in his room when he realised there was an intruder. Sam Collins, the aforementioned intruder, was there by the instruction of a mutual friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen, to ask for help. Henrik Thorvaldsen is on a personal vendetta, to find & kill all ...more

Dec 20, 2009
Debbie
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Read a Cotton Malone book before and really enjoyed it, this one was a bit slower and more difficult to get into. May have been my mood so eventually I will try to re-read it.
I received this book as a reviewer copy as I did with the previous book(The Charlemagne Pursuit (book 4). These are both in the middle of the series, so I am not sure which is more like the rest of the series (this one is book 5). I have to say that I enjoyed Charlemagne Pursuit more than I did this one. I keep wanting to ...more
I received this book as a reviewer copy as I did with the previous book(The Charlemagne Pursuit (book 4). These are both in the middle of the series, so I am not sure which is more like the rest of the series (this one is book 5). I have to say that I enjoyed Charlemagne Pursuit more than I did this one. I keep wanting to ...more

Although I have enjoyed most of Steve Berry's books, this one did not work for me. The plot was intriguing and all of the usual fascinating historical facts were there, but something was missing...I just didn't like it as much as I like a Cotton Malone novel. Sorry Steve...
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