KELLY CAMERON

Full Name:	Kelly Cameron
Nationality:	American
Organization:	FBI
Occupation	Agent

Creator:	Allan Topol
Time Span:	2015 - 2022

ABOUT THE SERIES

Kelly Cameron is an agent with the FBI.

As a Fed, she could be assigned to any type of case anywhere in the country but we watch her specialize in keeping an eye on one particular target, albeit a very large, powerful one, China. She has been put on the trail of agents from that huge nation sent to the States to push their country's agenda at the detriment of America. Considering the activity she and those on her team has uncovered, she definitely has her work cut out for her for that Far East nation has made affecting things in the Western Hemisphere to China's benefit a major priority. The counterterrorism unit she will be attached to, and later largely leading, is designated AT-1.

Cameron has just touched 35 years of age. Growing up as part of a family which owned a successful candy manufacturing company, she married shortly after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University and soon had a daughter. The marriage to Jason ended just a year before we meet her.The marriage separation was amicable, caused by Jason deciding he did not want to continue to work in the high-pressure DC law firm anymore and wanted to become a farmer in rural Maine. Such a move did not fit at all in Cameron's plans so he said his goodbyes and headed north. Now it is Cameron and her eight-year-old daughter, Julie, and the housekeeper who doubles as a nanny. Cameron is said to be a beautiful woman with long blonde hair, a warm smile, and "a sharp, analytical mind" who has found being single again quite refreshing.

Seen now as a rising star at the Bureau, Cameron is not only pleased with her career advancements, she truly loves her work and the opportunity it gives her to serve her country. When she and her people begin to uncover the extent of the dangers to America, her determination to fight it intensified considerably. Joining her after some time in that struggle with Chinese operative is Richard Weller, a veteran of a dozen years with the CIA.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	4
First Appearance:	2015
Last Appearance:	2022


1			The Washington Lawyer Written by Allan Topol Copyright: 2015 "Powerful Washington lawyer Andrew Martin is on the short list to become Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court--his lifelong dream. Martin's election hits a terrible snag when he lends his Caribbean beach house to a US Senator and good friend. Unknown to Martin, the Senator uses it for a sexual tryst with Vanessa Boyd, a model, who drowns. Martin, who has had an honorable career up until now, is faced with a devastating choice and must resort to lies, deceit and treachery to conceal these events and become Chief Justice. But his efforts run headlong into Allison Boyd, Vanessa's twin sister, an archeologist who will stop at nothing to find out what really happened to her sister. Allison becomes drawn into a treacherous plot backed by foreign interests." Kelly Cameron plays an important albeit small role in the investigation

2			Washington Power Play Written by Allan Topol Copyright: 2017 "The Chinese government, utilizing a mole near the top of the US government, has launched a plot to make their candidate, General Cartwright, the next US President. Kelly Cameron, a rising star in the FBI and a single mom with a 10-year-old daughter, is given the job of finding the mole. But Kelly's efforts are hindered by Xiang Shen, a Chinese diplomat who was her lover in college. Can she escape the attacks on her life and her daughter's in order to uncover and thwart this diabolical plot?"

3			The Washington Operator Written by Allan Topol Copyright: 2019 "The Washington landscape is littered with the carcasses of Washington Operators and lobbyists, who often end up in jail. But none is as venal and greedy as George Corbin. Corbin works with China to implement a plot to take over Middle Eastern oil, utilizing Iran as a puppet. While investigating the murder of a university student, Kelly Cameron, a rising star in the FBI, learns of this plot. Kelly gains assistance from Ester, a Mossad agent who has a long-time love affair with a high ranking Iranian official. Together, they launch a daring plan to thwart the Chinese and to bring down the powerful, corrupt, and immoral Washington operator, Corbin."

4			The Chinese Agent Written by Allan Topol Copyright: 2022 "Jim Forester, the FBI Director, is assassinated in Mexico City. When President Braddock appoints Kelly Cameron, a rising FBI agent to take charge of the investigation, Kelly is forced to overcome her personal grief for Forester, her friend and mentor. In unraveling the riddle of Forester's murder, Kelly uncovers Operation Chameleon, a bold and daring plot by the Chinese government that would put the United States at tremendous risk. Kelly proceeds with dogged persistence despite personal danger and repeated attacks on her life and those helping her. The espionage landscape is constantly shifting around Kelly. Agents may have become double agents. She doesn't know whom to trust."

MY COMMENTS

Kelly Cameron is definitely the star of this series even if the publishers chose to not push the fact that it is a series. Odd, that, as it could easily have been labeled something like 'the Chinese Threat Series' or like that; the Chinese agents from the Ministry of State Security play the villains in these stories and the author has done such a good job of laying out their threat, it is hard to hear any news about that country and not think ... hmmm!

Allan Topol is an excellent writer who gives the reader terrific descriptions of a scene without bogging the flow down any. He has an excellent skill at letting you get to know all players, good or bad, so you can 'see' them as they go about their tasks, again good or bad. He enjoys, apparently, writing both series and stand-alones so it is hard to guess whether the next adventure from him will be another Cameron tale or totally unrelated. Luckily we have several of hers to enjoy.

GRADE

My Grade: A-

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