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T. J. COCHRAN

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Full Name: T. J. Cochran
Nationality: American
Organization: U.S. Government
Occupation Agent

Creator: Vince Howard
Time Span: 1963 - 1964

ABOUT THE SERIES

T.J. Cochran is a private investigator.

He is one with an unusual source for clients - the U.S. government.

"I earn my daily bread as an investigator out of Washington, D.C. My specialty is working for various government committees and sub-committees, both at state and federal level, that have need of investigative services. One qualification. There ae some committees who couldn't hire me if they tried. I'm in my business to make money and provide a service some times necessary to achieve needed legislation. There have been times I have circumvented the stricter regulations applicable to a policeman or federal agent. But I'm neither a character assassin nor an informer."

That is what he tells us shortly into the first recorded adventure. He does the relating as he was on a puddle-jumping flight to Miami and the young, very nervous young woman next to him informs him she is a reluctant part of a planned hijacking of the Convair airliner they were on. She wanted Cochran, a total stranger to her before this, to help prevent the take-over and Cochran, without batting much of an eye, does just that. This gives us an excellent look inside the man.

The period of time of these adventures is the first half of the 60s, shown by the fact that hijackings were still a very new occurance - and smoking on the plane was not only allowed but was also fairly standard.

BOOKS

Number of Books:2
First Appearance:1963
Last Appearance:1964

1 Countdown For Lisa Countdown For Lisa
Written by Vince Howard
Copyright: 1963

"When T.J. Cochran finished his last assignment, all he wanted was a lot of rest and maybe a little love... That's what he wanted!
Instead, he walked into the damnedest Communist plot of all time, complete with beautiful traitresses, seductive counterspies, hijacking, mayhem, and mass kidnappings!
He also met gorgeous, uninhibited Kandy, who showed him The Twist in a way he'll never forget!

2 Rendezvous In Rio Rendezvous In Rio
Written by Vince Howard
Copyright: 1964

"If you had a broad who loved only two things - money and men - in that order - and suddenly found yourself with a bundle worth nine million bucks, what would you do? Especially if neither the broad nor the bundle belonged to you?
A quick flight to Rio, and a wild running romance through the beaches, bars, and known hide-outs, played against the cacophony that is Carnaval in Brazil, start the story. T.J. Cochran, investigator for governments, and a man of few words and much action, ends it. He, and the woman he picks out to help him - in every conceivable way!"

MY COMMENTS

When you pick up a book, let's say you did not see the front cover yet at all, and you read on the back the author or main character refer to a female as a broad, you kinda already have a sense of what the reader can look forward to. At least in my case that is what happened.

Once I actually opened the first of this two-book series, I saw that my judgment had been spot on. The protagonist is definitely a man of his times - the times being the early 60s. Love 'em and leave 'em and if they give you any lip, well, you're the man, ain't ya?

Lord, help me, though, once I got past some ... okay, a lot, these are fun, politically incorrect adventures. For a while.

GRADE

My Grade: B-

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