Hollywood Hell

I found myself enjoying this one. A classic story of Mafia, no terrorist team ups, no nuclear weapons, just Bolan after the LA Mob. There are Marksman's Medals left behind, the Mafia remember Bolan, the cops remember Bolan, and there are recent adventures against the Mafia recalled, including The Bone Yard and Resurrection Day. To be honest, there are no surprises in the tale. Bolan hits various Mafia sights in the pursuit of the Iceman who is a mob member and has been creating snuff movies. The strikes go as planned and Bolan wipes the bad guys out. Johnny makes what was his second appearance in the Gold Eagle range and has a relatively low key involvement until the end. If there is to be a complaint then it would all the characters musing to themselves. This I did tend to skip read. But all in all this was a good tale with a great book cover.

This was a surprising entry to the series. Just off the cover I was expecting something on the silly side. But this has some solid action, great characters, detective work, spy stuff, good Bolan inner dialogue. It was great seeing lots of the characters having something to do and not just sitting around. A lot of this story came off like the taken series was drawing from this.

Hollywood Hell is a great book. One of the better books I've recently read. The Mafia is back center-stage in LA, and many familiar faces jump back into Bolan's life. When a missing girl draws Johnny Bolan's attention, he pulls Mack into a world of porn-kidnapping-slavery-Mafia. Hollywood Hell has many of the elements I look for in a Executioner. #1) Ties to the originals. Newton pulls on several original characters...Johnny Bolan, Capt Braddock, Mafiosos...etc. This make for an enjoyable read and does a great job tying it back to Pendleton's books. #2) Various emerging story sequences. This is always present in an Executioner, but it is in H.H. At one point toward the end, there are three parallel storylines Newton ties together in building the story to a climax. #3) An original storyline. This is by far an original story idea, and its very refreshing to read something fresh. Additionally, Newton's descriptions are so clear, you really get a hatred for the antagonists.

Loved this one. It is a Mafia title so it is right up there for a start for me and from the start you feel you are reading something good. Johnny is along for the ride this time with the Big Guy trying to locate a missing girl who is a daughter of a soon to be elected Senator and has fallen into the clutches of the Mafia and their porn/sex trade. If you like the Mafia stories of the original series you WILL enjoy this one. Nothing spectacularly original from the author Mike Newton but wow you can see reading this title why he was anointed as the heir apparent when Don gave it away. Probably the greatest praise I can give to the author on this title was when I finished it if I hadn't read who the author was I could easily have imagined I had just read one of the original titles by the Don himself. Highly recommended reading in the series.

The first nine chapters were action packed. But after chapter 10, I lost the story line for alittle, but it made sense again at ch. 13. Mike Newton's Hollywood Hell is a gerat story of fighting, and living thorugh the crappy places.The shoot out at the end was good. The most intresting person in the book was Cherry. Before she got it in the end the book was a solid 8, but with her dead, it went to a lackluster 6.

Terrific story telling. This book reminded me of the film 8mm with Nicolas Cage but with a kick ass style. The Iceman was a real bastard and deserved every shot from that magnum. Perhaps my favorite part was when D'Andrea got his in the end after getting shot in the balls very cool.

My 50th review!!! WOW........but sadly this is the only positive thing about this review as this book really doesn't cut it as it's just yet another mafia war book with nothing spectacular about it all though the story line is rather interesting........... One thing though is positive and different and that is the Bolan duo fighting together all though Johnny Bolan only had a short cameo role in the book but all the same it was a nice touch and made the book a bit more personal. It was also a nice touch to have Tim Braddock, Bolan old "enemy" there during his final days on the force and this also added a more personal touch to the book. Well, this is just about it for this book................ (2004)

The Executioner is on a rampage through the Hollywood sin palaces of the mafia in a search for the daughter of a politician. The girl has been pulled into the sex industry underworld and the mob wants to use her to control her father in the U.S. Senate. Bolan has some help in this book from Johnny, who does very well as a junior partner. A Los Angeles police captain returns from the early days and The Executioner meets a couple new allies among the lost youngsters in Hollywood. Mack and Johnny and the other characters are all interesting people in their own ways. Even the bad guys seem alive. Great action here from Chapter 1 through to the last page, well written and never letting up for very long. The plot works well and the story is told in a way that maintains tension in the search for the missing girl and the fates of the other characters. Bolan takes on the mob with his patented brand of blitzing to shake answers out of the local family. In the process he turns the mafia against one another and takes out other associated lowlifes. In a case of weird continuity, Bolan reprises a trick from a car chase in the previous book (#76- Teheran Wipeout, by a different author) when he turns off his lights, then flips them on quickly to fool the pursuers into thinking he's hit his breaks. It was a lame trick in the earlier book and it doesn't get any better here but both times it has paid off big for Bolan. This was a great tale that brought back the feel of the early days of The Executioner's campaign, and the added element of having Johnny Bolan on board helps make this a story wothy of 9 stars.

Standard Newton fare. A solid Bolan romp. I miss how the covers depict actual scenes from the book, like this one.

Found this at a flea market. Raciest cover I've ever seen on an Executioner novel. Wasn't expecting much by way of story but was suprised by the power of Newton's writing and the way he got into Bolan's head in terms of him wanting to avenge anew his sister's fate. An underrated classic.

Pretty good book. Really ain't meant for an 8th grade book report though. Mack Bolan tries to find Julie Price. Julie Price has ran away to Hollywood, but ends up in several porn places, and movies, and is the victim of her stupidity. Mack Bolan does all he can to save her, killing everyone in his path.

A decent book, but not spectacular.

THE ICEMAN DEFINATELY DESERVED WHAT HE GOT. BOLAN STYLE!