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Dan Marlowe: Operation Fireball. (1969)

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Kindle. I'm well past the point of diminishing returns in this series. This one is mostly heist setup in Florida then heist execution in Cuba, signalling Marlowe's shift into the spy genre. As before (as always?) our leading man does not get to keep the loot. None of the colour is in any way striking or memorable. Again well-written but very pedestrian.

Goodreads.