Mad Dogs

Another great story from James Grady. The plot's been mentioned so I'll just say that it's a quick paced story with twists and turns that will keep you turning the page. It also had me laughing out loud at times. I liked how he incorporated two spies from previous novels he wrote, kind of letting you know what happened to them. (Malcom a.k.a. Condor and John Lang from Thunder). My one disappointment would be the ending but other than that a great read!

I can safely say that the premise of Mad Dogs is unique: mentally ill spies framed for the murder of their psychiatrist escape from a secret mental institution to solve the murder and clear their names. There's nothing else like it. Grady has spun a fascinating and quirky yarn that takes the reader on one hell of a ride.

Mad Dogs is one of the most enjoyable fiction books that I have read in the past few years. Combining wit, humor, and intrigue, it is a true page-turner, fast-paced with interesting twists and turns. Jim Grady possesses a confidence and maturity in his writing style that set him in an elite class of authors, no question about it. I surprisingly found myself laughing out loud on mass transit today - the book is that good!

Mad Dogs is more than a remarkable ride -- it is a fast-paced and literate (and, at times, twisted and wildly homorous) escapade into the the insanity of present-day national security. As in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, you'll cheer on the inmates, five broken and believable characters who will keep you riveted to the page with their individual and collective stories. Grady really gets inside their minds. I couldn't put it down. My husband couldn't. Nor could my neice. The ending is a kicker!

I loved this book but LIBRARY JOURNAL says it better than I could "Five agents, all hidden in a lunatic asylum in Maine because they are damaged goods, make a break for the Boston-Washington, DC corridor when a terrifying murder triggers their fight-or-flight instincts. As with any good team, each member has a talent or weakness that meshes with those of the others, often to surprising effect during their week-long hegira. Grady, whose phenomenal Six Days of the Condor transformed the spy genre, grips you immediately with phantasmagoric writing at a breakneck pace. Avoiding introspection, he nonetheless illuminates the trauma at the heart of each agent's psychic wound so that you care about what happens. Could this new novel from a veteran writer/reporter be the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest of the cyber-generation? Indisputably, it belongs in every suspense collection."