A Deniable Man

by Sol Stein Narrated by Patrick Cullen

Overview

Susan Whitcomb, a brilliant New York trial lawyer, has learned her craft from the best in the field: her millionaire Columbia law teacher and would-be lover, Farlan Adams. But she will need every shred of the rigorous mental training he has given her when, without warning, she is catapulted into the vicious world of international terrorism.

Susan's well-ordered Manhattan life comes to a sudden end with the news that her father, an Army general based in Rome, has been assassinated. When she, too, becomes a target of terrorists, a mysterious, driven young man called David Smith tells her he has been assigned to protect her from the dangers that will follow her. Susan finds herself a pawn in a deadly game of escalating complexity, brutality, and suspense, in which life, love, and loyalty all hang in the balance.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Stein, an author ( The Magician ) and a publisher (Stein & Day), knows how to grab and keep a reader's attention, but here his craft, characters and plot veer from the arch to the unbelievable. The main story involves the widow and grown daughter of an assassinated U.S. general who are threatened in Manhattan by terrorists. Hired to pro tect Heather Whitcomb and rising lawyer Susan Whitcomb is the title's ``deniable'' hero, ``David Smith,'' a top-secret anti-terrorist. Almost as soon as David returns to Italy, Susan is abducted, and David, a victim of her fatal attraction, must return to the States to save her. Tucked into this central tale is a lawsuit that Susan is handling. (The trial, involving an un ethical music distributor preying on a small record company, may reflect Stein's own feelings about his much-publicized bout with a book distributor.) The narrative voice, which jumps around among 10 different characters, is busy and cliche-ridden (David's Jewish boss keeps calling him ``boychick''). But the coups de grace are Susan's unexplained allure (she seems a ditzy, opportunistic yuppie rather than a femme fatale) and a very silly ending. (Apr.)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169660135
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Edition description:	Unabridged

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