This Audio Cassette Book item from Books on Tape was reviewed on 24-Oct-2008.
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1) Audio Cassette Book The Assassin by Books on Tape. This fifth installment in the Badge of Honor series, is a good one as far as I´m concerned. Peter Wohl and his crew at Special Operations are on two major cases. One is to deal with a bad cop and the other is to track a totally unbalanced assassin who has written a letter to the Police telling them that he has been told by the Lord to blow up the Vice President. That´s the basis of the story, but as always the interest is with the characters. Griffin can do characters like no one else. These books are set in the late 70´s, so there is a datedness in them, but that, in fact is their strength because Griffin seems to know what he´s talking about when dealing with late 70´s law enforcement. Don´t expect cutting edge technology, but do expect a group of men (and that is what the police forces were in the 70´s) that are dedicated and do their job to the best of their abilities. And it´s so much fun to see what Matt Payne and his buddies get up to next.¤ 2) Audio Cassette Book The Assassin by Books on Tape. This whole series can be described in two words: poorly written! In The Corps or Brotherhood of War series, you have the feeling that Griffin must have been a military officer because he includes a lot of details that the average person wouldn´t know if they hadn´t served. With this series, I get the feeling that he never was a police officer, and didn´t spend much time researching the daily lives of police officers in order to make the story seem realistic.
However, while I doubt he´s ever worked for the Department of Homeland Security or the Office of the President, I wouldn´t let that stop you from reading his latest series, the Presidential Agent series. He is back in form with these books, so he obviously has enough contact with current or former DHS and/or White House personnel to understand how things work.¤ 3) Audio Cassette Book The Assassin by Books on Tape. I agree with one of the other reviewers, I never did find out what happened to the religious nut who wanted to kill the VP, nor did I really care, you;ll read several pages about the guy going to stores, to work, blah, blah, blah and then onto other boring stuff.
I enjoyed his marine corps books, but after reading 3 of his men in blue books, i´m finished with WEB. Not enough action or interesting dialogue, I had to skip several pages to get to any action. Not much happens to the characters, you´ll read about them hanging out at a bar but he doesn´t develop the characters like he did with The Corps.¤ 4) Audio Cassette Book The Assassin by Books on Tape. The Assassin, the fifth installment in Griffin´s Badge of Honor Series, is in my opinion better than the first four. The character development and build-up kept me interested. Granted, the ending was definitely anticlimactic and Matt Payne is no Killer McCoy or Craig Lowell. I still found the book most enjoyable and am ready to move on to reading The Murderers.¤ 5) Audio Cassette Book The Assassin by Books on Tape. This book has proven to be a real loser. Characters out the Ying-Yang with no development. A plodding story that´s supposed to be about a nut-case blowing up the VP of the U.S. Well, here it is: Nobody gets close to blowing anyone up, or catching anyone doing same until the 2nd page from the end of the book and then it just ends with everyone living happlily ever after. Very dissatisfying. The entire book leads up to a "Oh-By-The-Way" ending. Schlock like this will get you a failing grade in High School Literature.¤ 6) Audio Cassette Book The Assassin by Books on Tape. A political assassin gets ready to make his move. The police department hasn´t a clue, just a single, perfectly typed bomb threat. Worse yet, the police can´t even trust their own people. In a few short days, the corruption of one cop -- and the madness of an assassin -- can blow the whole city sky high! Does this sound familiar? Or is it deja vu all over again? "A storyteller in the grand tradition." --Tom Clancy¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 21-Nov-2008, 07366285179780736628518, 860-770-760-200-600-170-8 
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