EAGLE TRAP, by Geoffrey Archer (Arrow, $60).
THIS is the other Geoffrey Archer - the one with a G - and not to be confused with Jeffrey whose work includes Cain and Abel, First Among Equals and the latest, Honour Among Thieves; the member of the British Parliament dragged into court by the accusations of a prostitute.
Geoffrey Archer is the Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent for News At Ten on Britain's Independent Television News.
Eagle Trap is his third ''bestseller'' after Skydancer and Shadowhunter. The titles of his books are tasters to the cliches to come.
In Eagle Trap, Captain Peter Brodrick, a young, obsessive Royal Marine, is determined to bring down Abdul Habib, an evil drug lord out to blow up the world.
The development of character and plot are equally as predictable.
