The Hot Body is a fairly short Ed Noon spy novel, but it is short, compact, and focused. It has all the hallmarks of a terrific men's action novel. Here, a thinly disguised former First Lady Jackie Onassis type with all the Helen of Troy looks and the dazzle dazzle is heading down to Cuba to meet with the dictator Castro at the height of the Cold War. Can Ed get to get in time and stop this traitorous action? It is a narrowly focused spy novel and has lots of nonstop action. Really, one of the better Ed Noon spy novels. ( )