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Summary: Sharp on Flint but blunt on originality
Review: ...and it held my interest. Once you get used to Mr. Eddy's style (and the fact that he is writing English...not 'Murrican) it moves right along. Another reviewer said one wouldn't warm to the Flint character. Perhaps so, but I wouldn't turn my back to her either.
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Summary: Well written...
Review: ...and it held my interest. Once you get used to Mr. Eddy's style (and the fact that he is writing English...not 'Murrican) it moves right along. Another reviewer said one wouldn't warm to the Flint character. Perhaps so, but I wouldn't turn my back to her either.
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Summary: Chipped Flint
Review: ...as in a razor-sharp arrowhead. The character of Grace Flint is given a sharp edge by what she has endured. The writing of Paul Eddy is incisive and well-aimed. I picked up a copy of the UK paperback version of this book here in Tokyo, in spite of the cover line comparing Grace Flint to Clarice Starling. The comparison is off the mark, and suggests that Eddy's novel is somehow derivative of the work of Thomas Harris. It is more true to say that Paul Eddy is writing in the tradition of John Le Carre. Good character development, excellent plotting, an insider's knowledge of organizations and locales. I particularly enjoyed the confrontation with the President of the Northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus; Eddy shows a keen insight into international affairs, and takes us to a place not often visited in novels. This book is very difficult to put down; I resented every minute that I was obliged to do something else. I look forward to Eddy's next book.
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Summary: Flint Review
Review: A brilliant first novel from Paul Eddy. It starts explosively, and keeps you on the edge of your seat right through to the end.Impossible to put down, especially in the finale. Several members of our family were reading the book at once! When's the next one? Only one point - hasn't he lost Pete Pendle too early?
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Summary: Best journey I have taken for a long time.
Review: A foul windy and wet day and 700 odd miles before me was not conducive to a happy day. So I put the first Flint cassette in to the car player. The day took on a new meaning. I was gripped by this extraordinary exciting story. I had already read the book it made no difference to the excitement.The miles fell away even idiot drivers were an irrelevance as I became immersed in the world of Grace Flint, a British under cover detective inspector, who is so real but goes through the kind of reality no one in their right mind would want to experience. It is a very special story and the plot is cunningly crafted by Paul Eddy. I thought ahead but each time the story proved me wrong as I was lead from one direction to another. The story has pathos and incites rage(not traffic) then laughter then satisfaction. It is a very stimulating story with a heroine of courage and beauty, the latter from the delicate hands of a plastic surgeon's scapel as a result of a savage beating. One word -terrific.
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Summary: Excellent, well written thriller
Review: After reading a recent run of some disappointing thrillers, I came across Paul Eddy's "Flint." This is a masterful blend of character and action. This well-plotted thriller focuses on Grace Flint, an undercover cop who is physically and emotionally scarred in a bust gone wrong. As she rebuilds her life, the ghosts of her past come back to haunt her, and she gets a chance for revenge on those who injured her. However, this is no simple revenge tale. but a well-told cat and mouse thriller, and a fine character study. Seek out this great read!
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Summary: The heroine we've been waiting for
Review: An impressive debut for both heroine and creator. Grace Flintis a heroine you root for. She's not James Bond invincible: much of the time she's terrified (and with good reason, given what happens to her); but she steels herself to go on.... In telling Grace's tale, author Eddy pulls off not one but two difficult tasks. The first is an absolute clarity of pitch: from the brilliant opening paragraph to the last, the narrative voice is cool, assured, knowing. Without ever falling into the... trap of faking authenticity by sprinkling brand names everywhere, Eddy persuades you that 25 years as an investigative reporter mean that he knows what he's writing about: yes, this is how crooked offshore banking works; yes, this is what happens when a bomb explodes inside a small airplane. His other triumph, I think, is his success in layering the different narrative threads and cutting so crisply, even cinematically, between them. All too many thrillers are simple linear narratives, content to jog along at one level. Eddy is way more ambitious. (He manipulates structure... well.) The result is astonishingly sustained pace. ...We've been waiting for a new hero, a new voice. Grace Flint and Paul Eddy are what we've been waiting for. Welcome. END
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Summary: What happens to Flint is horrifying...
Review: both physically and psychologically. The brittle, cold heroine of Paul Eddy's first fiction thriller is worth more than a glance. It is hard to know what makes Flint tick, even though the book explores her life from the viewpoint of an outsider, in
retrospect. Flint's a British operative, gone awol after she is caught in the crossfire of an international plot. Harry Cohen, trying to find her, gives us the retrospective. Unlike Flint, Harry's almost too real, too wounded, to be given the task. His character, the best developed in the book, sees every issue from both sides; he's devoted to finding Flint, helping her, and righting the wrong that's been done her. Meanwhile, Flint uses her powers of deception and persuasion to seek her revenge on an international criminal. The reader is absorbed in her risk-taking, all the while learning what makes her tick. Think Marg Helgenberger for the film or the TV movie. Not a big fan of spy thrillers, I found Flint engaging, well-written, with a few forgiveable flaws. Looking forward to more from Paul Eddy, he has a new and crisp voice.
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Summary: What happens to Flint is horrifying...
Review: both physically and psychologically. The brittle, cold heroine of Paul Eddy's first fiction thriller is worth more than a glance. It is hard to know what makes Flint tick, even though the book explores her life from the viewpoint of an outsider, in
retrospect. Flint's a British operative, gone awol after she is caught in the crossfire of an international plot. Harry Cohen, trying to find her, gives us the retrospective. Unlike Flint, Harry's almost too real, too wounded, to be given the task. His character, the best developed in the book, sees every issue from both sides; he's devoted to finding Flint, helping her, and righting the wrong that's been done her. Meanwhile, Flint uses her powers of deception and persuasion to seek her revenge on an international criminal. The reader is absorbed in her risk-taking, all the while learning what makes her tick. Think Marg Helgenberger for the film or the TV movie. Not a big fan of spy thrillers, I found Flint engaging, well-written, with a few forgiveable flaws. Looking forward to more from Paul Eddy, he has a new and crisp voice.
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Summary: Top Notch!
Review: Do not believe the border line reviews here. This book has the pace, good writing style and the characters of a an excellent novel. The heroine is flawed in a real world way, In fact the people that populate this novel are more realistic than I have read about in a long long time. Plot is tight, with a fast pace, but not a break neck speed that usually leaves a reader wondering where the rest of the book is. Eddy uses the whole book to develop his main characters, thus leaving the reader satisfied at the end. I recommend this book highly.
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