Midnight Runner - Hardcover

Higgins, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399148337 ISBN 13: 9780399148330

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2002

Synopsis

Even though her brothers tried to assassinate the President of the United States and evil ran in their veins, Kate Rashid is determined to make those responsible for killing her brothers pay with their lives and embarks on a mission of vengeance against British agent Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, and the President himself. 250,000 first printing.

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Review:

Agent Sean Dillon returns in Midnight Runner, a sequel to 2001's Edge of Danger, in which author Jack Higgins, a consistently solid thriller writer, introduced the intriguing and powerful Arab/English Rashid family. Kate, the only Rashid left after an assassination attempt on the American president foiled by Dillon, has sworn to avenge her family and will do anything to humiliate the United States, including sabotage her own oil fields to cripple America's--and the world's--oil supplies.

The fast-paced action starts with the death of a presidential envoy's daughter and ends with an explosive showdown in the Rashid oil fields. Higgins makes the most of a somewhat thin plot with superb pacing and terrific action sequences. From Dillon's earlier adventures, he brings back Harry and Billy Salter, the agent's "reasonably but not totally respectable" gangster pals; White House operative Blake Johnson; and Sean's boss, General Ferguson. The new characters include a Vietnam war hero who's a roving troubleshooter for President Jake Cazalet, and another villainous Rashid, Kate's American cousin Chauncey. And while Kate seems to be down for the count at the end of this adventure, Dillon and his fans may not have seen the last of her yet. --Jane Adams

Review:

‘Higgins is a master of his craft.’
Daily Telegraph

‘A compulsively readable storyteller.’
Sunday Express

‘The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.’
Daily Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0399148337
• ISBN 13: 9780399148330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 289