Gideon [Hardcover]

RUSSELL ANDREWS (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316850438
• ISBN-13: 978-0316850438
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,148,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute cracker, June 14, 2000

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D. Brown (Surrey, UK.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gideon (Mass Market Paperback)

A great thriller, that keeps you guessing. I'm looking forward to "Russell Andrews" writing more books. I'm usually a Tom Clancy / Dale Brown reader, and this was every bit as good as anything by those two. The characters have a wonderful depth, and even though you know who the bad guys are early on, it still keeps you guessing until the end. Straight into my top 5 all time books. Good work Peter Gethers and David Handler, or should I say Russell?

The other reviews tell you what it's about so I won't bother. Instead I'll just say buy it, you won't regret it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A NON-STOP,COMPULSIVE READ, June 8, 2000

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Nick G - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gideon (Mass Market Paperback)

Carl Granville is the writer hired to take the pages of an old diary and turn them into bestselling fiction. The identity of Gideon is a secret and all the names and locations in the diary are blacked out...Granville will be fed bits of information as the novel progresses. The deeper Carl becomes involved with this project, the closer he gets to danger, resulting in several deaths, information being stolen and his apartment ransacked.

With Carl the main suspect in the murders, he must run for his life to prove his innocence and bring together the secrets and identity of Gideon. His race will bring him to need the help of ex-girlfiend, journalist, Amanda, and together the two will discover a chilling, cover-up.

"Gideon" is so fast-paced, you will be likely to finish it in one sitting. The novel does not give much information until the end, and what an ending it is! You will be guessing from the first page all the way to the end.

Russell Andrews has written a novel that teases you with plot twists, and intricately twists and turns them to the shocking climax.

A great summer read.

A MUST read!

Nick Gonnella

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars To use an overused cliche...it kept me turning the pages, June 23, 2000

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R. Rosenkranz "Eno" (near Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gideon (Mass Market Paperback)

It's been a while since I've read a straight out thriller, and I didn't regret reading this one. To be honest, I'm the kind of reader who tends to "lurch" through books...read 50 pages, set book down for a few days, read another 50, etc. Gideon had me turning the pages and coming back every day until I finished it, so I must say that I found it engrossing.

The plot had some good twists but wasn't so complicated that I needed 3x5 cards to figure out what was going on. There were a few memorable characters, good villians, decent hero...if a bit stereotypical. Good action, high body count. Overall, I think most people would find it very entertaining.

One other opinion...the identity of the Closer was laughable. Still makes me chuckle when I think about it.