The Violent Ones

It was a red fury that drove Paul Cameron to Paris, into a maelstrom of intrigue and violence. In the center of that whirlpool he found a flaming nightclub singer, a fortune in illegal gold—and quick death on every side. Here is a novel that carries you with breathless speed into an exciting adventure that will leave you breathless by story’s end.

The author of “The Violent Ones” is Watergate burglar and infamous Nixon “plumber,” E. Howard Hunt. Before his deep involvement in politics and national intelligence, Hunt was a mystery and intrigue writer for many years, right up into the 1950s. But it is his involvement with the CIA and the Nixon Administration that he will always be remembered for. Yet, it is clear that Hunt was a very skilled and knowledgeable fiction writer. In reading “The Violent Ones” it is fascinating to examine the fictional machinations of Howard Hunt’s mind. Machinations that would eventually carry over into his real life profession as a CIA operative.