The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel (Abridged) Audiobook

" Second Griffin book I read. Great and interesting details in explaining the scenes and sequence of events. Rather weak on the 'main story (i.e. about the people behind the Oil for Food)'. In fact, the you don't get to the guy they've been looking for until the last 60 pages of the book. And the title 'The Hostage' is pretty misleading as there really isn't much of 'hostage' situation in the book. Maybe Griffin wrote this book to further set up his main characters for this series. "

" Fun and quick paced, exciting and a brilliant cliff hanger. Love the way that WEB Griffin makes each book a stand alone but ties in the previous story with different aspects and happenings so it is not boring for someone who is reading the whole series. "

" exciting, lots of action, greed, graft could be right out of some of todays headlines "

" I love WEB Griffin's books despite his incredibly sexist heroes, and his madonna/whore attitude towards his female characters. "

" This second book in the Presidential Agent series was pretty much what I expected . . . Major Castillo is very good at what he does. Not too adept at "politics" but he's learning. "

" Major C.G. Castillo isn't nearly as cool as Jack Bauer, but who is? I'll definitely be continuing on with this series. "

" I enjoyed this book quite a lot until the end. The book ended before the story was ready for it to end. There seemed to me too many loose ends/questions left that were not answered. I suppose that makes it a bit more realistic, but disappointing either way. "

" Super! Loved this Griffin novel. "

" Amazing story. Like the first book " The Hunters " I could not put it down. "

" So far so good. Another good Web Griffin book. "

" My favorite of the series. "

" This book was okay. I will continue with the series. I thought this book was long winded with all the flying around before the action really started. Thus, the first book was better than the second--it was shorter. "

" This is number two in the series, and the fun continues "

" Compleling series so far. "

" Este libro esta situado en Buenos Aires, y nombra muchos lugares y calles conocidos por todos. "

" Beach reading for the military-fiction crowd. "

" So far, Griffin has been fascinating to me. "

" Second book in the series. Not as good as the first, primarily because it doesn't feel likely that the same kinds of convenient developments would occur, and it is more difficult to buy in to the plot developments this time around. I'm not sure if I will continue with this series. "

" Another great book by this author---he has several different series and I have read them all----again read it years ago "

" I love a good swift adventure story. And with a character that has power, but thumbs his nose at the powerful people that misuse it. "

" The wife of the assistant ambassador to Argentenia is kidnapped and then her husband is murdered. Major Charley Castillo, the president's agent, is tasked to find and render harmless those responsible. During his investigation, he uncovers an Iraq oil-for-food scam. "

" There is more swearing than I would like but the story was pretty good. "

" Again, I expected not to like this book. It was excellent. I loved following the background to solve this issue. "

" I'm enjoying the presidential agent series. Like the first book, this one takes a long time to get there and it requires a lot of running around but ultimately it was well worth the read. "

" Audio Book. Charlie Castillo is back working with all his buddies from the first book. He's tracking down kidnappers who set their hostage free but kill her husband Jack Masterson who works at the US embassy in Argentina. When he gets Mrs. Masterson ba "

" Very good. I love the world travel and intrigue. I like the character development of Charley/Carlos Casteal. Fun Read/Listen. "

" Typical Griffin but a bit more slow moving than the first book in this series since he uses the same characters and spends a lot of time bring the reader up to date in case they didn´t read the first one. I did enjoy his descriptions of Buenas Aires and Argentines. "

" ok, I'm hooked on this series. "

" Standard W.E.B. Griffin fare. Tough military guy with a complicated past, but wealthy with resources at his disposal not usually available. Nothing too heavy or complicated, just a good story about an Army guy making something right. "

" Again, I expected not to like this book. It was excellent. I loved following the background to solve this issue. "

" I really enjoy this series. I found it perhaps a little cheesy in a few spots, a few spots that went on for way too long, but mostly it's very fun to read and I was left wanting more when I finished. Just as good as the first book of this series. "

" Major C.G. Castillo isn't nearly as cool as Jack Bauer, but who is? I'll definitely be continuing on with this series. "

" Another great book by this author---he has several different series and I have read them all----again read it years ago "

" Griffin can cast a military yarn like no one else "

" Magic words "Presidential Finding" Charley Castillo is fascinating "

" I love a good swift adventure story. And with a character that has power, but thumbs his nose at the powerful people that misuse it. "

" Fun and quick paced, exciting and a brilliant cliff hanger. Love the way that WEB Griffin makes each book a stand alone but ties in the previous story with different aspects and happenings so it is not boring for someone who is reading the whole series. "