Midnight Runner: 10 (Sean Dillon) - Softcover

Higgins, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425189414 ISBN 13: 9780425189412

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003

Synopsis

"Death is the midnight runner." - Arab proverb

Higgins' last novel, Edge of Danger, was "hugely entertaining," said the Los Angeles Times. "The publisher describes it as a powerful thriller, and it's no lie." At its end, the murderous Arab/English Rashid family lay decimated - but not extinct. And that may have been Sean Dillon's fatal error.
Her brothers killed one by one, Kate Rashid swears vengeance on all who have harmed her family. Never mind that they tried to assassinate the President of the United States, that villainy ran in their veins. They were her brothers, and her enemies would pay. British agent Sean Dillon...White House operative Blake Johnson...the President himself...their time was coming, and only she knew how - or when.
Brilliantly suspenseful, Midnight Runner is further proof that, in the words of the Associated Press, "when it comes to thriller writers, one name stands well above the crowd - Jack Higgins."

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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

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Praise for Jack Higgins

"A seasoned pro...Mr. Higgins knows how to tell a story!"--The New York Times Book Review

"Jack Higgins has written some of the best suspense fiction of the past fifty years."--The San Diego Union-Tribune

"When it comes to thriller writers, one name stands well above the crowd--Jack Higgins."--Associated Press

"Higgins makes the pages fly."--New York Daily News

"Jack Higgins is one of the best-selling authors of popular fiction in the world, often considered the architect of the modern thriller."--The Huffington Post

"Higgins is an author with the creative power to hook the reader and keep them forever because of his terrific tales. There are many villains out there, but Higgins is by far the greatest at bringing to life the best and worst of them all."--Suspense Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0425189414
• ISBN 13: 9780425189412
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304