Flint

by Paul Eddy

Book Overview

Before Lisbeth Salander, there was Grace Flint . . . Undercover cop Grace Flint is the best in the business: ice-cool under pressure, seemingly fearless, driven by a need to put herself into the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399146539
• ISBN13: 9780399146534
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Chipped Flint

...as in a razor-sharp arrowhead. The character of Grace Flint is given a sharp edge by what she has endured. The writing of Paul Eddy is incisive and well-aimed. I picked up a copy of the UK paperback version of this book here in Tokyo, in spite of the cover line comparing Grace Flint to Clarice Starling. The comparison is off the mark, and suggests that Eddy's novel is somehow derivative of the work of Thomas Harris.It is more true to say that Paul Eddy is writing in the tradition of John Le Carre. Good character development, excellent plotting, an insider's knowledge of organizations and locales. I particularly enjoyed the confrontation with the President of the Northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus; Eddy shows a keen insight into international affairs, and takes us to a place not often visited in novels. This book is very difficult to put down; I resented every minute that I was obliged to do something else. I look forward to Eddy's next book.

Top Notch!

Do not believe the border line reviews here. This book has the pace, good writing style and the characters of a an excellent novel. The heroine is flawed in a real world way, In fact the people that populate this novel are more realistic than I have read about in a long long time.Plot is tight, with a fast pace, but not a break neck speed that usually leaves a reader wondering where the rest of the book is. Eddy uses the whole book to develop his main characters, thus leaving the reader satisfied at the end.I recommend this book highly.

Fiction or Fact ?

When a friend recommends a book you politely listen as they talk about it. When they continue to rave about it you get the book.One might think, "Oh No, another cop story." However, in this case I and my friends haven't seen or heard (audio books) such realistic excitement since Joseph Wambaugh hit the scene. That's because we're cops and we don't get excited unless it's good, it's real, it can happen, it has happened, been there, done that, seen it and it tells it like it is.While reading this book you become Grace Flint's partner, the one that can only listen and watch. The one wondering how she'll react, how the rest of the team will react. The action, the plot, all of it invokes feelings that can cause you to leave sweaty prints on the pages.The book moves fast when it should. It has been said to be slow in certain areas, but in those areas you obtain the information you will need to prepare for the action, just like you would on the job.Paul Eddy has done a splendid job on the book and Grace Flint. I wonder, have the names and places been changed like Jack Webb would say, is it really fiction?Treat yourself to what will be one of the best books that your likely to ever read. Prepare yourself to read a book that is hard to put down and will leave you wanting more Flint when you've finshed.

Best journey I have taken for a long time.

A foul windy and wet day and 700 odd miles before me was not conducive to a happy day. So I put the first Flint cassette in to the car player. The day took on a new meaning. I was gripped by this extraordinary exciting story. I had already read the book it made no difference to the excitement.The miles fell away even idiot drivers were an irrelevance as I became immersed in the world of Grace Flint, a British under cover detective inspector, who is so real but goes through the kind of reality no one in their right mind would want to experience. It is a very special story and the plot is cunningly crafted by Paul Eddy. I thought ahead but each time the story proved me wrong as I was lead from one direction to another. The story has pathos and incites rage(not traffic) then laughter then satisfaction. It is a very stimulating story with a heroine of courage and beauty, the latter from the delicate hands of a plastic surgeon's scapel as a result of a savage beating. One word -terrific.

Rave reviews for Flint

Time Magazine (cover date August 21) said, "Not since Modesty Blaise has spy literature seen a heroine as determined and spunky as Flint... Her adventures may be more diverting than credible, but Flint, who emerges from it all as a genuinely sympathetic and interesting character, looks as though she may have some pretty good commercial legs."And the Wall Street Journal (August 18) said, "There are sophisticated technological tools and exotic locales, without the James Bondian touches that often push the genre to ridiculous excesses. `Flint' relies upon the strength of its steely lead character to propel the narrative. A believable trail of clues and the creepiest denouement since Thomas Harris's `Hannibal' more than make up for the occasional patch of clunky writing in this strong first novel."Finally, Booklist (August) concluded, "Flint is cold, absolutely resolute, and refreshingly original-a fine heroine in an accomplished first novel. Eddy, an investigative reporter for London's Sunday Times, wisely leaves the door open for succeeding volumes in what one hopes will become the Grace Flint series."