CIA operative Sam Durell goes into action against a Middle Eastern zealot kidnapping world scientists for nefarious means in Edward S. Aarons' Assignment The Cairo Dancers.
Aarons wrote a long, reputable series of novels about Durell over several decades; this entry, from 1965, may be one of the latest ones I have read to date.
While his 50s novels have a Cold War sobriety, the farther I have read into the 60s the more I have seen the more outlandish trappings of the spy novels and movies of that era; this one features a sinister German dwarf, a pair of feral twin hitmen, a giant death laser and of course a secret base hidden in a mountain that Durell has to fight his way out of. Naturally he also finds respite long enough to provide comfort and aid to several women in need.
This is a solid adventure in a really underrated series that I have yet to find makes a false step. I found this one at a used bookstore in Muncie Indiana for 99 cents.
Aarons wrote a long, reputable series of novels about Durell over several decades; this entry, from 1965, may be one of the latest ones I have read to date.
While his 50s novels have a Cold War sobriety, the farther I have read into the 60s the more I have seen the more outlandish trappings of the spy novels and movies of that era; this one features a sinister German dwarf, a pair of feral twin hitmen, a giant death laser and of course a secret base hidden in a mountain that Durell has to fight his way out of. Naturally he also finds respite long enough to provide comfort and aid to several women in need.
This is a solid adventure in a really underrated series that I have yet to find makes a false step. I found this one at a used bookstore in Muncie Indiana for 99 cents.
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