KIllmaster Nick Carter hunts an elusive, suicidal group of assassins called Blood Eagle across the European continent in one of Dennis Lynds' entries in the long-running spy series, Triple Cross.
Triple Cross was part of my casual re-read of the Nick Carter series I was so devoted to as a teenager.
Dennis Lynds writes a more well-rounded Nick Carter than some of the other authors (all writing quickly, with little reference to what happened in previous editions) and imagines more epic, complicated stories (in my opinion).
However, Lynds doesn't mind falling back on the familiar "teaming up with the sexy Soviet spy" trope. Carter and his sidekick have quite a few setbacks and surprises before they uncover Blood Eagle, and their curious motive that crosses national boundaries.
Along with the Nick Carter novels penned by Martin Cruz Smith, I find Dennis Lynds one of my favorites to date, with this being the second one I've come across by him.
I got this from a big lot of Nick Carter paperbacks somewhere and read it quickly.
If you loved Triple Cross you will want to check out his first Nick Carter, The N3 Conspiracy
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