Griffin, W.E.B. & William E. Butterworth IV. The Outlaws.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)

Griffin, W.E.B. & William E. Butterworth IV. The Outlaws. 15 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 19 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9781449844790. $123.75; 2 MP3-CDs.

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Griffin and Butterworth's (www.ebgriffin. com) once-excellent No. 1 New York Times best-selling "Presidential Agent" series continues its sad, slow slide into mediocrity with this sixth title, following Black Ops (2009). The authors seem to have forgotten much of the well-established backstories, especially that of our protagonist, covert operative Charley Castillo, and introduce some major revisions …