Ahhhh... there is very little better than sitting by the lake on a vacation with light long pants and a fleece on with a cool breeze blowing off the lake and drinking a beer and enjoying a good spy novel.
The paperback version of Ted Bell's Hawke checks in at a cool 600+ pages and serves as a reminder that quantity is sometimes a good thing.
Ted Bell has a gift for writing and is a great escape for any dreary or sunny day.
Alex Hawke is the protagonist and he is a direct descendant of a notorious pirate.
He is British and helps out the AMerican and British governments much like James Bond does...but he is free lance.
One of the interesting sub plots is that Cuban nationalists are trying to kill Castro and what made it interesting to me is that Castro was an actual character in the book.
Normally... writers use "top staffers" as speaking characters when real life leaders are used, but Bell actually uses Castro.
Something different.
Hawke is a great escape... a really great escape.
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