Pulsar #1: “The London
Switch” (also titled “The London Connection”) by Robin Moore & Al Dempsey.
Tim Kyle is an executive and field operative for International Association of
Security Organizations, a large company that supplies security around the world.
But now there is a possibility that another security agency is undercutting
them, and they’re losing business. Tim Kyle is sent to speak with the head of
that security agency. But someone knows he’s coming and an assassin tries to
gun him down. Kyle’s computer trained brain intercedes and he acts too quickly
for the killer. Another hit is attempted later, that also fails. Now they try
to frame him, a witness reports Kyle raping and killing his sister-in-law. Then
the head of security he’s meeting with is found dead, and Kyle is charged with
both murders. He escapes and tries to find out what is going on. Who is behind
the security take-over, and is it too big for one man to tackle alone? This was
an interesting men’s action novel. Kyle is 42 years old, happily married, and
doesn’t carry a gun, yet it has all the requirements of the genre: sex,
killings, and violence. The only weapon he has is his computer-trained mind
that thinks out situations instantly, and helps him react quickly, while others
do the killings and have sex. It was a good plot and a fun read, but I’m not
surprised it only lasted two issues. Tim Kyle is not the stuff of men’s action
novels.
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