A review by ryno23
Midnight Runner by Jack Higgins
4.0
3.5. This was a sequel to “The Edge of Danger” which I barely gave 4 stars, and I was surprised that it’s taken me over a year to read another Higgins book (so I guess that’s a better representation of how I felt about that book). Briefly, a rich half-English, half-Arab family wants to kill the U.S. President, Elders in the Middle East and the Russian Premier. The three brothers are killed, leaving the surviving sister pretty much insane.
In the sequel, the sister wants to destroy America by blowing up the Saudi oil reserves. Sean Dillon saves the day. I’m going to listen to another Higgins book soon, hoping these two books were an unfortunate hiccup for a great writer.
P.S. The audiobook was read by Patrick MacNee. I knew the name but couldn’t place it. He was the chap with the hat and umbrella in “The Avengers” (along with the lovely Diana Rigg). The only problem he had was that his idea of an American and Arab accent was to talk lower and slower. Odd.
In the sequel, the sister wants to destroy America by blowing up the Saudi oil reserves. Sean Dillon saves the day. I’m going to listen to another Higgins book soon, hoping these two books were an unfortunate hiccup for a great writer.
P.S. The audiobook was read by Patrick MacNee. I knew the name but couldn’t place it. He was the chap with the hat and umbrella in “The Avengers” (along with the lovely Diana Rigg). The only problem he had was that his idea of an American and Arab accent was to talk lower and slower. Odd.