Rhody Trader

I just had to get this out.

I’ve read a number of the Dirk Pitt novels written by Clive Cussler. I had a roommate who had a whole bunch of them. I was spending a couple hours a day on the train back then, so I was going through books very quickly. He let me read the ones he had, along with a bunch of Clancy and others in that action, espionage, adventure genre.

Until recently I hadn’t read a Cussler book in a long time – certainly more than 10 years. A few weeks back I read one for the first time – I think the first one ever written. It was fine, but nothing spectacular. I remembered Cussler’s style, but this one was from before he’d really refined it.

Cussler’s got a lot of books in print, and I’m a voracious reader, so I figured I’d give another book a shot. I picked up Night Probe and started reading it this week.

Wow!

This book hooked me really quick. I’m only a few chapters in, but every time I put it down I can’t wait to pick it back up again. And Dirk has yet to make more than a couple of quick appearances. Cussler has really got a nice little mystery going here.

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