A review by thisbookishcat
Night Probe! by Clive Cussler

3.5

Overall I thought this book was phenomenally better than all of his other books so far; this is the sort of writing my family has spoken so highly of. The intrigue, espionage, real intense happenings.

However, a few things still bothered me which I'll focus on now, so spoilers.

Firstly, I was happy that there was less misogynistic tenancies than there were in previous books, however even the military women in this novel were written as frail and in need of a man, in need of saving. Not cool. I would expect a navy woman to be able to handle her own and to not be tolerant of this sort of behaviour.

Secondly, as a Canadian, I cannot agree with the notion that a Canadian Prime Minister would work with the United States to bring the two nations together. Given the history of both nations, especially around the time of this novel when martial law was in place in Quebec and the US was offering to step in but was swiftly told to back off, I don't ever see this happening. That part of the ending really dropped this from being a solid 4 stars for me.

Overall, this book was far better and I only have high hopes for the rest of his books.