Avengers: Dead Duck (The Avengers)

Rating:
Summary: Well written but it lacks the sparkle and wit of the Avenger
Review: The color cover photo of Rigg and MacNee is pleasing. However; the book lacked the humor found in the series and in Kaewert's delightfully adapted movie tie-in. There are descriptions of the gourmet food Steed and Emma consume and a preposterous scheme to deceive two ruthless fascist villains by use ofa filmstrip projector. (That technology is outdated!) If you want to own every Avengers novel ever written then you will be satisfied. Otherwise, interlibrary loan the book and then purchase it if you want to afterward. I was very disappointed. MacNee and his co-writer assigned a subservient role to Emma. No humor, no banter. They should have adapted one of the TV scripts that was a delight to watch. The plot was very weak. Believe me, the Avengers movie had a far better, more absorbing plot than this book.