Bob Mayer, Author Lyford Books $21.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-89141-510-7
One of the richest men in the world devotes himself to creating a vicious new virus in this sixth Dave Riley novel (Eternity Base, etc.) by Special Forces veteran Mayer. The virus, an ebola-like killer that has been nicknamed Z, is cutting down the...
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Bob Mayer, Author Lyford Books $19.95 (331p) ISBN 978-0-89141-414-8
When Colombia secretly requests U.S. aid against the drug cartel, a Special Forces A-Team becomes the ``eyes'' guiding gunships and helicopters--the ``hammer''--against jungle cocaine-processing labs. Then treachery leaves four Green Berets dead and
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Bob Mayer, Author Lyford Books $19.95 (322p) ISBN 978-0-89141-415-5
Mayer follow up Eyes of the Hammer with a pulsing techno-thriller set in June 1989. As Chinese students are dying in Tiananmen Square, the U.S. stages Dragon SIM-13--a routine computer exercise involving a simulated Special Forces raid on a Chinese...
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Bob Mayer, Author Lyford Books $19.95 (286p) ISBN 978-0-89141-416-2
SYNBATs (synthetic battle forms) are large mutant primates created by a secret genetic engineering project in rural Tennessee and, in the best thriller tradition, they escape, wreaking gory havoc on anything in their way. Massed against them are...
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Bob Mayer, Author Presidio Press $19.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-89141-508-4
Mayer's Green Beret hero, Chief Warrant Officer Dave Riley (SYNBAT), returns to take on the mob and corrupt government officials in a well-paced but didactic tale about the compromising of the Federal Witness Protection Program. When Philip Cobb,...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (373p) ISBN 978-0-312-34812-0
A one-eyed alligator and a pre-Columbian collection of jade phallic symbols figure into this nutty swampland romp from Crusie (Faking It
, etc.) and Mayer (Operation Dragon-Sim
, etc.). Lucy Armstrong takes a break from doing dog food commercials to
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-312-36304-8
Crusie and Mayer (Don't Look Down
) reunite to pen this mostly successful romantic comedy with a hint of action-adventure. Agnes Crandall is a feisty food writer and cookbook author on her third fiancé, Taylor Beaufort. Though their...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author, Sandra Burr, Read by , read by Sandra Burr. Brilliance Audio $36.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4233-3649-5
Crusie and Mayer reteam (after Don't Look Down
) on this goofball romantic confectionary that mixes together Cranky Agnes, a food writer and caterer, with Shane, a hit man with no last name. The plot is a little short on sense, but it's...
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Jennifer Crusie, Author, Bob Mayer, Author, Renee Raudman, Read by , read by Patrick G. Lawlor and Renee Raudman. Brilliance Audio $36.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59355-373-9
The pairing of readers Lawlor and Raudman misses more than it hits in this uneven audiobook. Lucy Armstrong, a director of dog food commercials, accepts the job of helming the last four days of an action-adventure movie. Before she has a chance to...
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