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Run

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I find the author a bit of a mixed bag, have really enjoyed some of his stuff while finding some others rather tedious. Here we have Mr Abbott venturing into Jason Bourne territory.

Innocent guy becomes hunted by both the good guys and the bad guys when it appears he has been involved in an assassination. Add into the mix a secret US black ops team that has been compromised and our hero is forced to work with 'Prophet' a survivor of a betrayed group from the black ops organisation to try to find the truth and save themselves.

Fast moving with caricature bad guys, this is an entertaining rush. There are plot holes and slips of logic, but the pace is non stop and you tend to keep turning the page rather then worrying about plot holes. This ends up as a solid action thriller which is ideal holiday, aeroplane or beach reading. This will not change your world but will entertain you for a couple of hours,

Run certainly does move at a fast pace but the believability factor does outrun the storyline. Note if you are trying to track this novel down it has also been reprinted under the title Collision so get whichever is cheaper. The storyline is enjoyable though and checking out Run from your local library is an enjoyable way to pass the time. Don't run out of money at the end of the week by wasting any on this book though, it is nothing special. Similar storylines have been written much better by authors such as Harlan Coben, David Morrell, Charlie Huston and others.

In Run Ben Forsberg has moved onto a very successful life in the businessworld. He gets contracts to staff companies in the world's hot spots and is very very good at it. Unfortunately for him one day upon returning from a business trip a couple of government agents follow him through the front door. They want to know why a hacker they have been after for quite sometime had been in contact with Ben and what he has to do the hacker's assassination by a snipers bullet. Ben can't believe they think he would be so stupid as to arrange this but they do remind him his wife also died from a sniper's rifle while on their honeymoon. As they force him to accompany them to a secret location it dawns on Ben that maybe these guys aren't government agents at all and that's even scarier than if they are.

Meanwhile at the scene of the hacker's demise an ex CIA agent now even more secret government agency agent wants to know why the hacker was killed and more importantly why a bullet barely missed his head during his meeting with him.

Run's plot twists and twists but you won't be fooled much. Get it from your library!