Caribbean Kill

This was a really good read, even though it wasn't page to page action. Mack takes on the mob while he makes friends with the locals, and brings Jack Grimaldi on board as a new ally. Most of the action is actually in the beginning, the middle has a lot of back story, and the final chapter has a short but well done "storm the castle" shoot out. The dialogue between Mack and Jack lays out their characters and motives really well. I almost felt sorry for the bad guys as they tried to stalk Mack in the jungle, of all places, where he feels at home.

I liked this book. Good characters especially grimaldi. I like his background story. Just another vet trying to make ends meet. I'm glad he stayed on and became a part of stony man farm. I remember Evita from #48 Libya Connection. So I know how she is going to end up. Glad fast tony finally got his. Great disguise Mack. Anyway good book all around I hope Don can keep up the momentum in california hit 9 Stars.

Directly following his escape from Vegas, Bolan is on a plane to break up the mob’s network in the Caribbean. However, they’re waiting for him and The Executioner is left scrambling and vulnerable until he teams up with Evita, a beautiful Puerto Rican government agent. The first third of this book could be my favourite Executioner story I’ve read so far. Bolan is being tracked in the jungle by dozens of hired guns. All he has is his silenced berretta, 30 bullets and his jungle experience from Vietnam. It may be the worst situation he has faced yet since as he mentions, at least in Vietnam there was at least the possibility of running in to friendly forces. Here he is all alone. Since it’s so rare to see Bolan as such an underdog it’s a fascinating read and I wish Pendleton had just extended this part of the story to the entirety of the book. When Bolan met Evita I feared it would become a typical Executioner book, but he still makes desperate guerrilla attacks after a small reprieve. It’s only in the last third of the book when we hit the familiar trope of a Bolan ally being abducted, but the resolution is a great moment. After reading more than a dozen of these books back to back you start to see patterns develop, but I was happy to see the climax went in a direction I didn’t see coming. An interesting element added to the series in the last book was the fact the Government just wants Bolan dead and out of the way and while it hasn’t been fully explored yet, I’m glad to see it continue here. Pendleton also takes time to reflect on the futility of Bolan’s war and how he has become desensitized to the carnage he causes. When Bolan meets Evita he compares her to a Cuban nationalist from the 4th book and she sprang to mind for me too. In my review of the Miami Massacre I lamented the lack of strong female characters, so how does Evita hold up in comparison? Bolan even says she’s a woman who can handle herself, but I have to think that’s only partially true. She does seem to be a competent agent who struggles between her feeling for Bolan and her duty and she does effectively provide back up, though it did not involve her shooting. However, there is a scene where she is completely unable to accurately use a machine gun and nearly hits Bolan. Like most female characters she sleeps with Bolan, but she has been shown to use sex as a way to manipulate men so at least she’s not just powerless against his charms. Plus, she gets involved in The Executioner’s war and doesn’t end up dead, tortured or kidnapped so I’d say she would have to be one of the better Pendleton women by default. After eliminating his target and escaping in the last chapter Bolan thinks to himself “That was easy” and I have to agree. It was a good scene to be sure, but Bolan achieves his goals with little trouble. Plus, Pendleton tried to build up his target as a mysterious, ominous threat but there’s so little detail that it somewhat falls short of the mark. All in all, this is one of the best early Executioner books. People always rightfully rave about War Against the Mafia and Death Squad, but to me this one deserves to be in the conversation. Executioner Kill count: Approximately 41

The beginning with Jack Grimaldi flying him in was beautiful. That scene and the one at boat dock are my favorite in this book. We see that Jack becomes at friend to Bolan....Evita is somebody we will see again in another book later..

The escape from Vegas went like clockwork and after three changes of planes Jack Grimaldi is about to deliver the Big Guy to Glass Bay Resort a private Mafia hard site where he intends to discover what the Caribbean Carousel is all about. Exiting the sea plane and swimming to shore and the jungle the Big Guy finds himself up against around one hundred guns who are slowly closing the pincer trap to take him out. You just gotta feel sorry for these guys some times. So after escaping through the closing net he once again finds himself coming across some interesting characters and the plot expands nicely. Quick Tony Lavagni is in charge of the Mob forces having failed in France but given another chance here with the big price of the Eastern Seaboard territory the prize should he be successful. Soon the Big Guy ascertains that the biggest fish here is in fact not a Mafia player but a huge player on the world stage and just has to be taken down. Enter Jack Grimaldi (one of my favourite characters) who whilst this is not his first meeting with the Big Guy in this title sees the errors of his ways and probably after Hal Brognola and Carl Lyons becomes one of the future converts to the Big Guys war everlasting in this title. Excellent title here once again which includes a bit of background information re Jack etc. setting up future titles but a wonderful read by itself. Again recommended reading in this series of titles.

By far, this is one of best books to date. Jack Grimaldi makes his appearance here albeit as a enemy for a short while before he finally decided to cast his lot with Mack. I loved that Mack had to pretty much figure a way out of a very tight box and it showed how dangerous he can be when cornered in a very bad spot. His relationship with Evita is beautiful and very simple. The only negative blemish of this book is the ending. I have no clue as to who Mack just whacked the international kingpin. I don't like books ending with little to no info about a particular enemy. #10 in the series... Read on! :) Sig

Pendleton greatly drew upon Vegas Vendetta as a set-up to this book, and I thought he did so masterfully. After his narrow escape from both Mafia and Gov't in Vegas, Bolan moved to Carribean to hit Mafia hard. The opening sequence is very well-written and action-packed. We also see the continued development of a key "Executioner series" character, Jack Grimaldi. C.K. was action packed and had plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader wondering where the author was taking him/her next. This book was so good for most of the story you can't determine who Bolan's allies were, nor who his primary enemy is going to be. He arrived in Carribean focused on Mafia leader, but soon discovered there was a bigger enemy to bring down.

I've been reading the series in order as I can get them. This one rocked. #10 is one of the best in the series so far. After narrowly escaping the Las Vegas pincer between the Talifero and the Feds, this one is non-stop from an ugly splashdown in the Caribbean, all the way to the slick ending, this was one of the best to date.

Interesting story of Bolan being in a very tight spot with few means of escaping and having to improvise on every corner pitting his wits against the brainless Mafia guns. Sounds interesting?? For the most parts.......yes. A short but sweet rampage through a Mafia trap which leads the Mafia boys to be the trapped ones and slaughtered carefully one by one by the man in black. Man, the Mafia boys are always so secure in their own numbers against the one man war machine and yet time and time again they are beaten at their own game, “outnumbered” and out witted to the point. The stronghold penetration in the end was short and sweet with maximum result which really made the book more worth reading but I still wasn´t very happy with the lack of general information about the big Mafia king pin Sir Edwards as there was no information made available regarding him. The real interesting part is that here Bolan is on the defense for the whole time when the Mafia have him on constant run cornered off on a small island with very few ways of getting out or getting any assistance........ The real gem of the book is the growing relationship between Bolan and his main future fighter Grimaldi. Still, more than average book though I am not very interested in the Mafia war area for some reason. Perhaps because the books usually seem to be very similar with too little fresh approach to the story line each time. (Iceland - 2007)

In my opinion this is Don's best book since "Death Squad". From the opening scenes Where Mack crashes the Plane into the Mansion at Glass Bay, to the closing Execution of Sir Edward this book just does not stop. Of course the real attraction of this adventure is the "Real Introduction " of Jack Grimaldi. Add to this that the Mafia have Mack on the run most of the time and this makes for one wild ride. I loved Evita and am now torn as to Whether I will read " California Hit" next or "The Libya Connection" to find out what happens to Evita. If we could give half stars I would give the book Nine and a half but will have to settle for a nine.

I liked this book quite a bit. It was a bit of a detour from the storyline we usually see (Bolan was pretty tightly boxed in here). The action sequences were interesting; with Mack having to improvise weapons after he crashed the plane into the hardsite. Bolan had to think on his feet and coordinate everything perfectly in this one. The book was pretty solid, except I wish the reader had been able to learn more about who Bolan shot at the end. Overall, of the first ten books, I would place Caribbean Kill among the top four.

Rather good book - I have not read books 5-9 though. The action was almost nonstop. The scenes with Evita were very good and I think she made a good partner to Mack. Of course the growing bond between Mack and Grimaldi was what made this book shine. I hated the ending though. Lets see Mack went to Haiti tore through a mansion and killed the big boss. A boss who we did not know except by a code and thats it. What did not know what he really did, what he thought nothing. Bam you're dead. We just knew he was a huge international kingpin.

I remember this as being one of the better mafia books, I think it's a lot better than #8, #9, and #11. Lots of action and adventure in here, no part of this book is boring, this is the kind of Pendleton writing I like.

Well it was a pretty good story, and it was action packed, but for some reason I couldn't really get into this book. It was great to see Jack Grimaldi's character expanded.

In a continuation of the action from the previous story in the series, Vegas Vendetta, Bolan heads to the islands. In the finest Executioner tradition this book starts off with a bang (many, many bangs actually, and quite a few booms also) with a hot reception for the big guy. With the mob interfering with his blitz, Bolan has his hands full just surviving. Lots of great hair trigger action in this one from the wild opening to the tense closing hit. And along the way Mack Bolan meets some interesting new allies who make the book live a little larger in their own way. One of the things I notice about these stories now are the way Pendleton wrote his action scenes so that I believe them. After the fact I may look back and think the action was implausible, but when it's hot and heavy and the bullets are zinging by I am completely in the moment and I buy every bit of it. Yeah, those are long odds against the Executioner. But it seems perfectly reasonable to me that he can survive and even come out on top. Great stuff. This story gets a very solid 9 stars for the thrilling action and the way Bolan interacts with the good people.

One of my all time favorite Executioners, I mean common, you have to give it at least a 7 for the new angle you see of Bolan fighting with virtually no outside resources and from being pushed into a corner. Plus Bolan and Grimaldi begin to establish a friedship. I loved the war in paradise scenario.

I'v read many Bolan books and this one caught me off guard the settings were quite out of the ordinary but reading about Bolan fighting out of a corner was a great improvement. The vegas book before this appeared to lead into an exciting conclusion in the Carribean but it was a slight let down. That is why it dosn't get 10 stars, but still a great read!

Kind of just an average book. I didn't think the action scenes were that great. But,Evita Aguilar was introduced, and Bolan's friendship with Grimaldi blossomed.

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It was an all right story with plenty of action.

A great novel. This campaign was quite vicious at times, ravaging the Mafia playgrounds. Gives more substance to the Jack Grimaldi character.

Although I have not read all of the Mack bolan adventures concerning the Mafia-wars I think this would have to be one of the best I have read.The story was great and the action was mind blowing!

Excellent book. It was nice to finally read about Grimaldi joining sides with Bolan. It took me 13 years of reading Bolan to finally get around to this one. Well worth the wait.