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Summary: Good Followup To Edge Of Danger!
Review: This book picks right up where the previous book "Edge Of
Danger" ended.In the previous book the vicious Rashid family
had attempted to assassinate the President of the United States and thew Ruling Council of Hazar.All of these attempts were thwarted.Sean Dillon killed three of the Rashid brothers.In this
new book Kate Rashid continues to run the Rashid oil empire.She
is determined to avenge the killing of her brothers.For her new partner in crime she is now aided by her cousin Rupert Dauncey.
She attempts to embaress the President by setting up the daughter
of Presidential troubleshooter Daniel Quinn.She dies when the plot goes off track.Dillon and company discover the Rashid
involvement.They also discover a plot to sabotage the major pipelines in the Empty Quarter and send the United States into
economic disaster.Dillon and company conduct a running battle with the Rashids.this is avery readable book that you will enjoy.
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Summary: Excellent Higgins
Review: A very good read...Higgins is one of the best when it comes to adventure novels and knows his stuff. There were a few minor soft spots but I read the book cover to cover in one sitting.
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Summary: Reads more like a screenplay than a novel
Review: Being a stranger to Jack Higgins, but being aware of his reputation, I was really looking forward to this book, but I was very disappointed indeed. Admittedly, I was not aware of the characters from the previous novels, but the characterisations were laughable and the action read more like a screenplay than a novel. The plot flowed swiftly, but not in a stylish way, more in a "Sean did this, Kate did that, so Sean did something else". It was more reminiscent of a high-school story than anything.If you want to read a good novel, with real suspense, that requires some emotional engagement, try some Ian McEwan.
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Summary: A Masterly Reading....
Review: Compellingly performed by Patrick Macnee - a true master of the spoken word, with his wealth of voices and accents. This latest thrilling Jack Higgins adventure, the eagerly awaited sequel to EDGE OF DANGER, charts the evil revenge of Kate Rashid on our hero, Sean Dillon. In a story full of thrills and excitement, Mr Macnee brings all the characters to life...into 3-D in your living room. He builds the suspense and tension to the final dramatic climax with his masterly pacing and tones. A must for Higgins and Macnee fans alike!
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Summary: What a disappointment.
Review: Did Jack Higgins write this book? I've read about a half a dozen of his previous novels and was not disappointed until this one. He is capabable of much better.
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Summary: Saturday morning cartoons, but with alcohol
Review: Ever read a book that makes you grit your teeth after reading the last word of the last sentence, because you're so angry at yourself for not throwing the thing [out] back at page 50 when you first realized how bad it was? This is one of those books for me. I kept thinking "was this written while under the influence?" The characters sure got sloshed throughout. The word "Bushmill" (the brand name of a type of Irish whiskey) appears over 50 times. After the main players would return from bashing someone, or just for a meeting, they'd all serve themselves "Bushmills", and say lines like "Drink this, you're going to need it." "Here, drink more of this, you're going to need it." It became so comical; I'd read sentences outloud to my wife. Neither of us will ever be able to say the word "Bushmills" again without cracking up. Okay, so the characters drank, but if they'd have been plausible, it would have worked. But the main nemesis, Kate, is the richest women in the world. Yet she places herself at her crime scenes, or with the guys that she sent out to do the crimes, instead of being surrounded and protected like the richest women in the world would be. This is the silliest book I have read in 20 years. But I did get a new way to make my wife laugh outloud: "Honey? Bushmills!"
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Summary: Sit back and enjoy the read!
Review: Every so often I need a dose of Jack Higgins and his cast of characters headed by Sean Dillon, ex-IRA hit man now laboring for the forces of all that is right and good. With that in mind, I recently picked up a paperback of Edge of Danger and a hardcover copy of Midnight Runner and read them straight through. It was such good fun. Higgin's paints interesting villains and in creating and then slowly destroying the Rashid family, he has come up with some of his best. You know that no matter what, no matter how dire the circumstances, Dillon will prevail and always with a certain elan and a Bushmill's somewhere near by. I gave this five stars not because it is great literature, but it is vintage Higgins at the top of his writing game and with all that is going on in the world they inhabit in the real world, it is a pleasure to see the good guys carry the day.
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Summary: Love that Sean Dillon!
Review: Excellent sequel to Edge of Danger. Kate Rashid & Sean go head to head. Lots of excitement in this one and a favorite character almost gets killed. (would hate to see that). But Dillon is ever watchful and this makes a good afternoon read. Always get a nice, exciting read from Jack Higgins. Kate and Sean duel it out at the end but is Kate really gone for good? Yes, eh, maybe. That was left a little cloudy. Higgins, you devil!
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Summary: Bushmill's 'round the clock
Review: Higgins' Sean Dillon novels are written to be read by Patrick Macnee. Yes, he's older than dirt and he does overdramatize the delivery, but Macnee sounds like he's truly enjoying himself, the energy in his voice usually masking his age. From his bombastic rasps of authority to the gruff whispers of discovery, he brings perfect pitch and accent to the cast of characters. Daniel Quinn, a former Special Forces NCO in Viet Nam, former US Senator and scion of a wealthy Boston Irish family, is a new Higgins action hero. Of course Quinn will hook up with Dillon whose mischief is more bizarre than ever - playing Cole Porter on the piano one minute, throwing down Bushmill's with Lady Kate the next then pulling out his Walther to shoot off the earlobe of a thug dumb enough to assault him and the Salters as they leave Harry's new restaurant. The forces of evil are lined up with Kate Rashid, Countess of Loch Dhu and the surviving head of the billionaire Anglo-Arab clan. She is bankrolling terrorists around the world and is prepared to destroy the world economy to avenge the death of her mother and three brothers in "Edge of Danger". A couple of unnecessary deaths and two all too conveniently recorded conversations set up the end game, typical Higgins action with Dillon and Billy Salter vs. Lady Kate and her cousin Rupert Dauncy, the point man in her plans for revenge. Though I did enjoy it, the series is approaching the point where Higgins should put the Brigadier (now General Ferguson) in the Daimler and drive him to an old age home dropping Dillon at an AA meeting along the way. At times it felt more like a bunch of old guys in a bar swapping war stories than the old Higgins action stories. Sean to Billy, "Saving the free world. Why does it always have to be us?" Then, "I'll have a Bushmill's." As I listened to Macnee and visualized Dillon and Quinn in their super hero roles, I had the random thought that Ron Howard should remake "Cocoon" as an action thriller.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I am an unabashed Higgins fan who has tried to get his hands on almost everything he has written. Each springtime I eagerly await the release of his latest effort. In short, my standards for Higgins is high. And that is why I am very disappointed by this book. The characters are two-dimensional and the story flat. It's a shame; the formula was there for a great story. I will still eagerly wait next spring for the next new Higgins novel. But unlike other years, I will not be recommending this year's effort to my friends.
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