Copp on Fire

Copp On Fire by Don Pendleton In this second book of Don Pendletons Joe Copp mystery series of six novels, private investigator, Joe Copps case pulls him into the corporate halls and backlots of Hollywood, behind the glamorous facade of the movie industry, where subjects of a stakeout are murdered. After an undercover narcotics officer is nearly killed, Copp is charged as an accomplice to murder, and is thrown into a real-life Hollywood scenario where death becomes the favorite plot device for the whole bloody show. Publishers Weekly: "A throwback to the vintage Spillane era, Pendleton knows how to keep us turning the pages. St. Petersburg Times: Pendleton has a great new character in Copp. His style is fresh, the pace is brisk, and there are enough twists to please any mystery fan. Library Journal: Pendleton, author of the long-running paperback Executioner series, shows in his first hardcover that hardboiled writing can be insightful as well as action-packed. ALA Booklist: This is the real thing, the hardcover debut of the author of the perennially popular Executioner series...the charm of the Executioner books. Milwaukee Sentinel: Pendleton is a master of action and dialog and Copp is a taut detective story. Don Pendleton is creator of the original The Executioner: Mack Bolan Series of Action/Adventure novels and is considered the "father of the Action/Adventure" literary genre. About the Author Don Pendleton (1927-1995) was creator of the popular The Executioner: Mack Bolan series and is considered the father of the action/adventure literary genre. His fiction includes the Joe Copp and Ashton Ford mystery series. He collaborated with his wife, Linda Pendleton on the crime novel Roulette, and on several nonfiction books including To Dance With Angels and Whispers From the Soul. Don Pendleton published more than one hundred novels, which have sold close to two hundred million copies world-wide in numerous languages. Milwaukee Sentinel: Pendleton is a master of action and dialog and Copp is a taut detective story. Private Investigator Joe Copp's case pulls him into the corporate halls and back lots of Hollywood, behind the glamorous facade of the movie industry, where subjects of a stakeout are murdered. After an undercover narcotics officer is nearly killed, Copp is charged as an accomplice to murder, and is thrown into a real-life Hollywood scenario where death becomes the favorite plot device for the whole bloody show