MasterMind - A Mitchell Parker crime thriller
Mastermind is a fast paced action packed adventure written in two parts. The first deals with a projected gold smuggling plan in Nevada investigated by special agent Mitchell Parker and his team. But who is on his side? If the action on the ground, or under it, is exciting, that taking place in the air leaves the reader breathless and exhausted. The conclusion of the first part leads to the discovery that this crime is just one of a very select group of planned crimes. It is an invitation-only opportunity to enter the mastermind competition, the object of which is to complete the perfect crime.
In part 2 Parker is forced to juggle three crimes at once, in Washington, Paris and London. The team amasses an amazing number of frequent flyer points as they criss cross the Atlantic. The team members are very much individuals, slick, professional operators certainly, but also human beings with their own frailties. The criminals display great ingenuity, the pace is frantic through out and the final exchange at Canary Wharf in London absolutely breathtaking.
Finally, to one of my pet hates. The author, Helen Goltz, styles herself H.M.Goltz. Why? Presumably she, or her publisher, does it because female writers feel the need to disguise themselves so that men, and sadly some women, will not be put off buying their books. Even if this is a necessity, it is still a pity.
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