al-Qaeda Strikes Again [Paperback]

Bill Binkley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2008

The inexplicable suicide of a female passenger at JFK International Airport and a secret list discovered by authorities in Pakistan set the stage for a diabolical and deadly al-Qaeda plot involving simultaneous and catastrophic acts of terrorism across the United States. In a race against time, the only question is whether Terrorism Task Force Leader, Wayne Kirby, and his Rambo-like girlfriend, Rennie Jordon, will live long enough to unravel the details, find the terrorists and put a stop to their deadly jihad.

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About the Author

Bill Binkley has taken his first excursion into fiction with this fast-paced exciting book about international terrorists. Mr. Binkley, a native Tennessean with six older siblings and three daughters, has lived in numerous cities across the U.S. and for several years in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark and Sweden. With a background in electronics, he joined the executive ranks at various well-known corporations. In addition to his management skills, he was recognized for his cutting edge designs of both software and hardware systems. He is currently retired and lives in Dallas, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 345 pages
• Publisher: Infinity Publishing; 1st edition (July 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0741449102
• ISBN-13: 978-0741449108
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,553,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captured and Captivated, January 17, 2009

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ZeeDeeVaa (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: al-Qaeda Strikes Again (Paperback)

This is an exceptionally well written and entertaining book...and that is #1 on my list of importance for a good Read. I was captured and captivated by this fast paced story that doesn't give you time to breathe from start to finish.

The plot is so opportunistic and sly that it is almost scary. It drew me in as if I was there: seeing, feeling, experiencing the action...the plot was ALIVE! Mr. Binkley has a good ear for dialog and I liked the tone of the conversations; from the workplace "we're casual here but I'm the boss," the joshing between colleagues who like each other, the dialogue between people who aren't crazy about each other, the dry "just the facts" style of the FBI, to that all important patter between friends and lovers that keep a plot alive. Even Gene's (in the book) muttering to himself, his self-justifications and grousing, sounds natural. Unlike many other books I have read with implausible sounding dialogue, Mr. Binkley's dialogue is real.

Being a self proclaimed bookaholic, I was fortunate to support myself in Graduate School by proofreading books of all genre for a publishing company, therefore, I truly am amazed at how error free this first publication of al-Qaeda Strikes Again is. Kudos to Mr. Binkley's editor. Being an author (ghost writer) for several biographies and self- help books, I'm sensitive to layout and readability so I immediately noticed the extra attention to the easily readable font and the extra spacing between paragraphs.

I recommend this action packed work of fiction (or is it???) to anyone that wants to be entertained.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Binkley Strikes Back, January 1, 2009

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R. E. Conary "Author of the Rachel Cord PI My... (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: al-Qaeda Strikes Again (Paperback)

Will terrorists strike the U.S. again? Experts say yes. Will we stop them? Maybe.

Bill Binkley's debut thriller, "al-Queda Strikes Again," challenges America's top analysts and FBI agents to solve that problem. Failure is not an option.

"al-Qaeda Strikes Again" reminds me a lot of Frederick Forsyth's first novel, "The Day of the Jackal" (one of my all-time favorites). Forsyth's police Inspector Claude Lebel and the "old boys' network" of foreign intelligence and police contacts must stop the assassination of French president, Charles de Gaulle, without knowing who, when, where or how. In Binkley's book, it's the Jackal times twenty.

Twenty U.S. cities are targeted for catastrophe that will make 9/11 pale in comparison and all U.S. intelligence has is the list of cities. It will take everything that crack analyst Rennie Jordon and Special Agent Wayne Kelly and their teams can figure out and do to stop the devastation from happening.

The book has flaws, but these never stop "al-Qaeda Stikes Again" from beating a rhythmic tattoo (like the theme from "Jaws") toward an exciting, page-flipping, it-could-happen climax.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars al-Qaeda Strikes Again has everything going on, January 6, 2009

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Susie "Susie" (Chicago Area) - See all my reviews
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I usually read British mystery books, but I had been told by more than a few people al-Qaeda Strikes Again is a 'must read'.
This book has everything going on. There's murder, assassination plots, suicide, terrorists, the C.I.A., the F.B.I., romance and is sometimes funny.
At first the events seem random but soon it all pulls together, the result is an exciting and entertaining book.