Drake, the Man with Nobody's Face, is doing a covert bank job for the the government; unfortunately, the job ends up botched and with his partner in the hands of an unfriendly nation, leaving Drake to fly solo to the rescue in Operation Breakthrough.
Dan J. Marlowe wrote a series of these undemanding spy novels in his latter years. I am a bit more partial to his earlier Johnny Killain series of private eye novels, but as Marlowe had a colorful writing and personal life I feel like I should dip deeper into the well before drawing conclusions.
I would not place Drake in the same category as two of my favorite contemporaries, Joe "the Nullifier" Gall or Sam Durell, but would put him above a lot of the generic spy fare of the era. That being said, your mileage may vary.
I bought a big stack of these from a used bookstore in Muncie, Indiana, and read this one quickly.
Dan J. Marlowe wrote a series of these undemanding spy novels in his latter years. I am a bit more partial to his earlier Johnny Killain series of private eye novels, but as Marlowe had a colorful writing and personal life I feel like I should dip deeper into the well before drawing conclusions.
I would not place Drake in the same category as two of my favorite contemporaries, Joe "the Nullifier" Gall or Sam Durell, but would put him above a lot of the generic spy fare of the era. That being said, your mileage may vary.
I bought a big stack of these from a used bookstore in Muncie, Indiana, and read this one quickly.
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