Run Jane Run [Hardcover]

Maureen Tan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

Jane Nichols is living the good life in Savannah, Georgia. Sharing a home with the man she loves, she spends her days writing bestselling, hardboiled novels under the pseudonym of "Max Murdock". With her days of covert operations and life-threatening missions behind her, she should be ecstatic. Instead she's bored. So when MI5 (England's FBI) calls her back for another mission, she jumps at the chance to go. The grandson of a member of parliament has been taken hostage, and he must be rescued without word leaking out to the press. For Jane's expert team, it should be a piece of cake. Until she learns that the kidnapping has something to do with the murder of her own parents over 30 years ago.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Tan delivers a second action-packed thriller starring tough, cynical British Secret Agent Jane Nichols (AKA Jane, 1998). When Jane's MI-5 superior, Mac, recalls her to London, she departs Savannah, Ga., leaving behind her lover, police chief Alex Callaghan, and the emotional entanglement she fears. Jane and Agent John Wiggins are assigned to rescue senior MP William Winthrup's kidnapped nephew. A wound Jane receives during the mission triggers nightmares about her parents' murder when she was six: Could Sir William have been one of their assassins? Mac sets her up as bait to trap Winthrup, then sends her to Savannah to recover from her wound; there, she discovers that someone has been stalking Alex. The plot expertly weaves together Jane's dangerous position as Mac's bait; her awakening memories, long repressed, of her parents; Alex's peril when the stalker becomes more violent and his fears about the stalker's identity; and the precarious relationship between Alex and Jane. The narrative's hectic pace can get cartoonish as villains die slam-bang and double crosses abound. Nonetheless, the novel is studded with welcome humor, and Jane and Alex make an electrifying pair sure to inspire cries for an encore appearance.
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From Library Journal

Tan, whose AKA Jane (Mysterious, 1997) introduced Woman of Steel Jane Nichols of the British MI-5 we have grown to know and adore, has put her secret agent into play again. This time petite, powerful, but never plain Jane must recall the horrific murder of her parents in Greece when she was little. Strangely, these deaths are connected to her current mission to save the worthless hide of a kidnapped aristocrat. Pulled from a cozy semiretirement with her lover in Georgia, Jane is simply awesome as she invokes disguises, wields weapons of serious destruction, and plays taut psychological games. Tan writes in cutting bursts of staccato energy, a style that mellows only for a few delectable passages of romance. As her boss's exemplary undercover operative, Jane gives readers a run for their money in this explosive tale of death and redemption.?Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Mysterious Pr (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892966599
• ISBN-13: 978-0892966592
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,224,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maureen Tan has taken this genre and made it her own!, April 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Run Jane Run (Hardcover)

"A.K.A. Jane" was the most exciting and definitely the best book in this genre... until "Run Jane Run" came along! This latest book from Maureen Tan is both gripping and believale, building on the strong foundation of "a.k.a.", and yet also stands brillantly on it's own. My two final words : More Please!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Run Jane Run, June 14, 2003

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knowknot3 (Southern East coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Run Jane Run (Mass Market Paperback)

For 10+ years I've read 2 or more books per week....the 2 "Jane" books are excellent! Characters are true to form & culture, the mystery is enthralling & has enough twists to maintain high interest but without the need to write down people etc in order to keep track. I fervently hope this woman writes more books!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Jane Nichols!, September 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Run Jane Run (Hardcover)

In Run Jane Run, the adventure of Jane Nichols is getting more exciting than before. Jane, again, does what she does best as a premium MI-5 agent. If you have read AKA Jane, you know what she is capable to do. In Run Jane Run, she easily does it again. Alex, her lover boy, is as hip as before. Another character that I really like is Joey, Alex's beautiful, blonde, younger sister. She is completely sweet and innocent. I hope her part would be bigger in the coming series. If you like AKA Jane, you would love Run Jane Run. After all, who could resist a beautiful British brunette fighting machine with a mysterious past?