Midnight Runner [Import] [Hardcover]

Jack Higgins (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1ST edition (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 000712726X
• ISBN-13: 978-0007127269
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,873,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jack Higgins is among the world's most popular authors. Since the publication of The Eagle Has Landed--one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time--every novel he has written has become an international bestseller, including The White House Connection and Day of Reckoning. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and has been published in thirty-eight languages worldwide. Many of his books have been made into successful movies, among them The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch A King, and The Valhalla Exchange. He lives with his wife on Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, April 25, 2002

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Daniel P. McManus (Montgomery Village, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Runner (Hardcover)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sean Dillon: "As ever was", April 15, 2002

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Frank J. Konopka (Shamokin, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Runner (Hardcover)

This series of books about the converted IRA killer and his friends is one of my all-time favorites! Let's be frank, however; this is not great literature. The characters are mere brush strokes, there's very little exposition, the plots are see-through, and there always tends to be a happy ending. That being said, the books are just full of non-stop excitement, to the extent that you overlook the flaws in the work. Once you start reading these books, you're hooked from beginning to end, and sometimes it's impossible to put down until you've finished reading, even if it's the wee hours of the morning, and your eyes are burning from lack of sleep! That's the highest accolade I can give a book: that it kept me up way beyond my bedtime. It'll happen to you also.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should have been a comic book, August 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Midnight Runner (Hardcover)

The Book,Got lost in what should have been the main people
I fell a sleep while reading it only to find I had read a hundred pages.
Not a great piece of work for such a good writer