Midnight Runner

by Jack Higgins

Paper Book, 2002

Publication

Berkley Books

Collection

Call number

Fiction H

Physical description

289 p.; 17 inches

Status

Available

Call number

Fiction H

Description

Even though her brothers tried to assassinate the President of the United States, Kate Rashid is determined to make those responsible for killing her brothers pay with their lives and embarks on a mission of vengeance.

User reviews

LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux
This is the 10th book in the Sean Dillion series and it was in a word, disappointing.

In the last book Kate Rashid attempted to organise the assassination of the US President, shot a police officer 3 times and and laundry list of other crimes. Her three brothers were killed by the "goodies" yet at
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the end of the book, this extremely rich criminal was... let go.

Now guess what a career criminal still wishes to commit crime. Who wouldda known hey?

So basically this book's entire plot line is based around an immense plot failure of the last book, if you're able to swallow the stupidity of that it's not a too terrible. However the entire time I just found myself thinking how ludicrous the scenarios played out in the book were and how it all could have been avoided with an ounce of common sense.
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LibraryThing member DeaconBernie
Oh jack, you so disappointed me. This was a really good story until the last six or seven pages and then the whole thing went sailing off the edge of the world. The usual characters are all in character. A good guy is introduced, an American Senator, who learns to his dismay he isn't quite the man
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he was in his twenties. It is in how this character decides how to deal with his new found limitations that makes for a great scene, perhaps one Higgins' best in all his works.
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Language

Original publication date

2002

ISBN

0425189414 / 9780425189412
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