- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Coronet (1 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340793139
- ISBN-13: 978-0340793138
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 48,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense' (People magazine )
'The best psychological thriller writer around' (The Times )
'The best psychological thriller writer around' (The Times )
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'Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense' -- People magazine 'The best psychological thriller writer around' -- The Times
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Its my own fault for reading the third part of a trilogy first. In my defence i did buy this book at a charity sale, so I feel absolved from blame on that front. However, this is a book I really would not recommend to anyone looking for an involving or stimulating read.
Jeffery Deaver has created a very "cartoonish" story with Hard News. The main character "Rune" reminds me of my Niece asking for more pocket money with her adolescent diction. You'll enjoy how many times she screws up and gets away with it, if it were real life she would have been canned after one mistake. We are supposed to believe that she can rough it with a veteran news team ? I dont think so.
The novel reads as one which is full of convenient coincidences to propel the story and has characters that dont convince you of their nature. The hitman of the story, comes across as cuddly and the "fall guy" is see through to put it mildly. If you manage to maintain interest, it isnt a hard read and will fill a few hours on a holiday somewhere, but for me the far fetched nature of the plot torpedoes the story. Why is it that so many heroines in popular fiction have a boyfriend who works for the police ? Or an old friend who has a drug habit and happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ? How convenient also that all the protaganists spill their share of the mystery in one room at the conclusion so we know categorically what happened. Cliche, cliche !
For the man who gave us Lincoln Rhyme, I am amazed at how amateur this offering is. Compared to some of Deavers other writing, this one really is a stinker.
Jeffery Deaver has created a very "cartoonish" story with Hard News. The main character "Rune" reminds me of my Niece asking for more pocket money with her adolescent diction. You'll enjoy how many times she screws up and gets away with it, if it were real life she would have been canned after one mistake. We are supposed to believe that she can rough it with a veteran news team ? I dont think so.
The novel reads as one which is full of convenient coincidences to propel the story and has characters that dont convince you of their nature. The hitman of the story, comes across as cuddly and the "fall guy" is see through to put it mildly. If you manage to maintain interest, it isnt a hard read and will fill a few hours on a holiday somewhere, but for me the far fetched nature of the plot torpedoes the story. Why is it that so many heroines in popular fiction have a boyfriend who works for the police ? Or an old friend who has a drug habit and happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ? How convenient also that all the protaganists spill their share of the mystery in one room at the conclusion so we know categorically what happened. Cliche, cliche !
For the man who gave us Lincoln Rhyme, I am amazed at how amateur this offering is. Compared to some of Deavers other writing, this one really is a stinker.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not the most engrossing you will find, the characters are uninspiring, two dimensional and interact with each other awkwardly. Each twist and turn becomes all too predictable and I got very little involvement with the story as it unfolded. To be frank I did not care by the end of it whether the heroin triumphed or went on holiday for a week (which might have made a more interesting story).
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Hard News is the third (and, so far, final) book in Jeffrey Deaver's Rune series. Rune is still living on her houseboat on the Hudson, now working for a TV network and becomes convinced that a man convicted of murdering the network boss has been wrongly jailed. She is determined to prove him innocent and get him set free. In this book, Rune manages to attract the ire of a bitchy anchorwoman, become the target of a hitman (once again), and find herself with the custody of a three-year-old girl. While there are plenty of plot twists to keep it interesting, this book is not as flawless as the first two: the get-out-of-jail scenario is rather far-fetched. Plenty of room for follow-on books if Deaver is ever so-inclined.
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Cute story but doesn't come close to Lincoln Rhyme
I had finished every Jeffrey Deaver book I could find, so was left with the "Rune Series"...I bought all three of them, and read them consecutively... Read more
Published on 24 May 2010 by David J. J. Barker
Present
I bought this as a christmas present for my partner as he has read almost all the Deaver books - he said it was very good.
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by R. Spencer
Hard to swallow
Having read quite a few of JD's books and enjoyed the vast majority I thought that I would give this 'Rune' book a try. The previous reviewers are pretty much spot on. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2009 by Lucky Luke
The third of the 'Rune' trilogy
'Hard News' is not such a bad book at all. It is definitely full of twists - especially in the last 100+ pages there are so many twists that it's hard to keep thinking straight. Read more
Published on 12 May 2007 by Gina Skinner
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