Philip St. Ives is the lead character of the Phillip St. Ives series of crime fiction novels by award winning American novelist Ross Thomas. The first novel to be published in the Phillip St. Ives series was The Brass Go-Between that came out in 1969. The highly popular series was made a pentalogy with the last title No Questions Asked that was published in 1976 marking the end of the series. The Philip St. Ives was one of Ross Thomas most critically acclaimed series and one of his bestselling and most popular works. In the series, Thomas writes about Philip a professional between who freelance for a number of people and organizations that require his excellent negotiation services. St. Ives the lead in the novels is unlike the usual private
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Ives series of novels are crime fiction thrillers full of dry humor that has become so popular that they were made into a movie. The series was adapted into the 1972 film The Procane Chronicle that featured Charles Bronson, one of the eighties’s biggest actors as Philip St. Ives. The film takes certain liberties with the story from the novel and is more lighthearted, particularly with its conclusion. The series comes with a likable protagonist and logical and interesting plots. Working to retrieve some very valuable items (at last to their owners) St. Ives employs utmost professionalism in ensuring that his clients get the best service they could while not compromising his moral standards or breaking the law. However, given the unpredictable nature of his clients and the criminals in possession of the items he has to retrieve, he often finds himself embroiled in criminal activity without intending to. The series of novels demonstrate a Raymond Chandler like Zen, particularly with the lead character’s macho talk and …show more content…
that own it. Of course, it is not about the two parties alone as Komporeen and Jandola, two African nations have come forward to claim the shields. The African nations have Conception Mbwato an equally adept agent in the US trying to retrieve the valuable items. Add in the Mrs. Frances Wingo the Coulter director, Kenneth Ogden, a corrupt cop that once worked with St. Ives, the chairman of the Coulter Museum, the reclusive billionaire oilman Winsfield Spencer, and Fastnaught and Demeter the two thieves who all make for an explosive combination. With hidden agendas and double crosses aplenty, St. Ives finds himself in a high stakes game where he might have to compromise his moral standards if he is to do his job.
Protocol for Kidnapping the second novel in the series is an intriguing crime thriller involving some murky elements of the Yugoslavian government and their rivals in Washington D.C. The American ambassador to Yugoslavia has gone missing. It turns out that he has been kidnapped with his kidnappers asking for the release of a dissident poet and a million
Ives series of novels are crime fiction thrillers full of dry humor that has become so popular that they were made into a movie. The series was adapted into the 1972 film The Procane Chronicle that featured Charles Bronson, one of the eighties’s biggest actors as Philip St. Ives. The film takes certain liberties with the story from the novel and is more lighthearted, particularly with its conclusion. The series comes with a likable protagonist and logical and interesting plots. Working to retrieve some very valuable items (at last to their owners) St. Ives employs utmost professionalism in ensuring that his clients get the best service they could while not compromising his moral standards or breaking the law. However, given the unpredictable nature of his clients and the criminals in possession of the items he has to retrieve, he often finds himself embroiled in criminal activity without intending to. The series of novels demonstrate a Raymond Chandler like Zen, particularly with the lead character’s macho talk and …show more content…
that own it. Of course, it is not about the two parties alone as Komporeen and Jandola, two African nations have come forward to claim the shields. The African nations have Conception Mbwato an equally adept agent in the US trying to retrieve the valuable items. Add in the Mrs. Frances Wingo the Coulter director, Kenneth Ogden, a corrupt cop that once worked with St. Ives, the chairman of the Coulter Museum, the reclusive billionaire oilman Winsfield Spencer, and Fastnaught and Demeter the two thieves who all make for an explosive combination. With hidden agendas and double crosses aplenty, St. Ives finds himself in a high stakes game where he might have to compromise his moral standards if he is to do his job.
Protocol for Kidnapping the second novel in the series is an intriguing crime thriller involving some murky elements of the Yugoslavian government and their rivals in Washington D.C. The American ambassador to Yugoslavia has gone missing. It turns out that he has been kidnapped with his kidnappers asking for the release of a dissident poet and a million