FATHER'S DAY

By Alan Trustman

Fawcett Crestt Books (1992)

Reviewed by Bob Thompson 8/17/94

The main character in this story is Michael Collins, a financial consultant who got rich in currency trading. The primary bad guy is Diego the terrorist- sort of a "Carlos" clone.

Michael's son Hugo is an innocent bystander who loses a leg and is nearly killed in a car bomb explosion set by Diego. This makes Michael rather unhappy, so he sets out to get revenge. He manages to track Diego down and shoots him. Unfortunately, Diego survives, and comes after Michael and Hugo for revenge on their revenge.

Underlying this story, Diego's employer is a shadowy German who is using Diego to kill off some of the world's major bank owners so that he can take over the banks assets and control currency trading on his own. Of course this is right up Michael's alley, so he uses his talents in various ways so that he can get another shot at Diego before Diego gets him.

The German is also into kinky sex, and Diego's female assistant is more than willing to provide it to him. She also uses her sexual and terroristic talents on a number of other people.

The final showdown is fairly good, with Hugo doing a more than fair share for a one-legged lad.

All-in-all, this was a fairly decent book, if not awe inspiring.

I probably wouldn't go out of my way to find it, but don't regret the time I spent reading it at all.

I had never heard of the author before, but he has written some excellent screenplays; According to his bio, he wrote "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Bullitt", "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs", and "Crime and Passion". They made pretty good films, "Bullitt" and "Tibbs" especially- They verge on being classics.
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