Without a doubt the best Nick Stone novel I've read. Just reading this one and skipping the rest is probably not a bad choice.

The story is that Nick Stone, a "deniable asset", is sent to have a look at some PIRA people in the USA. Everything goes belly up and he's suddenly on his own, or well, at least without outside help.

I like the Kelly character even though she is probably as unrealistic as the Nick character. ( )

"Remote Control" is the first in the nick Stone series. With a British Intelligence Operator, I was expecting a spy story. What I got was basically the trials and tribulations of a kidnapper, trying to keep a 7 yr. old happy. It did have action from beginning to end, although it did drag on in some parts.There are flashbacks which I had to reread to see where it fit into the story. The result at the end was what should have happened near the beginning. ( )

This is the first Andy McNabb book I've read, after seeing them on bookshop shelves for the last twenty years or so. I'm glad I finally got around to actually reading one. :-)

Characters
The main character in this is Nick Stone, ex-SAS, now a freelancer doing deniable operations. Unsurprising, given that the author is ex-SAS, Nick rang true as a British Army soldier. The attitude and the slang - both different from American - were exactly right. Yes, he's your tough-guy hero - but in a very British way. :-)

Plot
To be fair, there wasn't actually much of a plot. There was a lot of running around trying to find things, or people. The twist at the end was a wee bit obvious. This is one of those books that is more about the journey than the destination: it's about watching how Nick deals with the problems (including Kelly), rather than the solutions to the problems or even the problems themselves.

But...
It was still a good, exciting read. I think the evolution of the relationship between Nick and Kelly was done well, and pretty realistically. Will I read the next one? Definitely! ( )

Quite good.Iloved reading of narrow escapes=] ( )

WWAMD

You know those little bracelets the Jesus freaks wear, "What Would Jesus Do?" Well, I want "What Would Andy Mcnab Do?" Who the heck is Andy Mcnab? Google him, it's rather interesting to see someone be the real deal.

Anyway, he has a much better series of his non-fiction, but this is the first of his fiction I've tried. Wasn't bad, wasn't great, I'll try another one. It reminds me much of Richard Sharpe, in that he is basically a rather bad fellow, doing what he feels is necessary at the time. Not a lot of traditional action heroes routinely mug people to get cash. I can appreciate that. ( )