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Written by Paul Kyriazi, McKnight's Memory is the fast-moving story of
a renegade CIA agent with amnesia, on the run from both the CIA and
the Mafia.
Waking up in the midst of a ferocious gun battle between drug lords
and American agents in Columbia, CIA agent James McKnight realizes he
has lost his memory due to a head wound.
McKnight stumbles through encounters with other CIA agents who may be
trying to double cross him, and Mob hit men out to assassinate him.
He meets up with Carla, his beautiful lover who he can not remember,
but who yet seems strangely familiar.
McKnight is haunted by disjointed flashbacks of his prior life, and he
realizes that Carla might be the woman who saves him, or the woman who
gets him killed.
As McKnight begins to recover his memory, he begins to regain control
of his life, and starts to turn the tables on the ones out to get him.
Much more than just an audiobook, McKnight's Memory is more
of an aural film experience. With its distinctive character voices,
sound effects, and music, the work harkens back to the radio serials
of the 30s and 40s, but with a modern sensibility. The plot is
compelling, going through many twists and turns, but not so many as to
lose the listener.
Clues to the mystery are dropped along the way, as both the
protagonist and the listener learn McKnight's true identity.
As McKnight, Robert Culp brings a combination of world-weariness and
befuddlement at the events happening around him, but he gains
increasing confidence as his character takes control of his life.
The narration by Frank Sinatra Jr. was very effective. Many of the
plots twists are revealed by him, in a voice that is suitably detached
and emotionless, but he achieves a dramatic effect through his sense
of timing. Sinatra also did the musical scoring, which added to the
mood of the story.
Nancy Kwan portrays Carla wonderfully. Her "honey on sandpaper" voice
is perfect for her character, giving her real sex appeal. She also
gives Carla a backbone and a sense of mystery, so you are really left
in the dark as to whose side she is really on. Listen also for a
supporting role by Nancy Kwan's husband Norbert Meisel.
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