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'A Bourne Identity for the 21st Century' Harlan Coben 'Jeff Abbott delivers a frenzy of action in this race-against-the-clock thriller' Lisa Gardner 'Jeff Abbott writes suspense classics full of questions - who, what, why, how - with answers you won't see coming' Lee Child
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One balmy Texas evening, widowed financier Ben Fosberg answers the door to two Homeland Security agents. From the minute he lets them in, his life spirals out of control. A businessman has been killed in a hit gone wrong and Ben's card is in the dead hitman's pocket. The agents have a thousand questions for which he has no answers, but the evidence is still piling up against him when a mysterious stranger, known as Pilgrim, snatches him away from the agents and sets them both on a dangerous journey. Pilgrim's boss has been abducted by a man to whom destroying Ben's life is merely a task for the day. Ben and Pilgrim flee across the US with a hoard of agents and killers on their trail. Ben is still mourning his wife, cruelly murdered two years ago on their honeymoon. He is about to get answers to his questions about Emily's death - but they won't be the ones he was expecting. As betrayal and danger dog them at every turn, Ben and Pilgrim have to uncover a deadly plan and save their own lives - before it's too late...
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's certainly not difficult to see the comparison to The Bourne Identity in Jeff Abbott's new thriller - secret CIA agencies operating to cross purposes and causing major havoc in the world of international terrorism, with no accountability for their actions. Abbott's a good writer for this kind of material, achieving the same immediacy and kinetic energy within the first few pages of the book and creating an incredibly tense situation. There's a difference however - Abbott makes it credible.
Not too credible (our heroes manage with surprising ease to shrug off a number of bullet wounds to manfully get on with the task in hand), but by viewing the situation from a number of different perspectives, Run presents a wide view of the motivations of each of the parties involved, and in the process shows that there is no clear line that can be drawn between the good guys and the bad guys. Everyone is involved in murky activity outside of accepted legal and moral laws, where good and bad are relative terms.
That makes Abbott's thriller a little bit more relevant than the Bourne films, taking the activities of the CIA, IRA terrorists and Arab militants and tying it into the current global climate of home security and lucrative business interests generated by war and terrorism. It's all held together by the author's terse, lean and dramatically dynamic prose, which wastes not a word or scene. At any point, you're never more than a page away from another major revelation or explosive situation. Brilliant.
Not too credible (our heroes manage with surprising ease to shrug off a number of bullet wounds to manfully get on with the task in hand), but by viewing the situation from a number of different perspectives, Run presents a wide view of the motivations of each of the parties involved, and in the process shows that there is no clear line that can be drawn between the good guys and the bad guys. Everyone is involved in murky activity outside of accepted legal and moral laws, where good and bad are relative terms.
That makes Abbott's thriller a little bit more relevant than the Bourne films, taking the activities of the CIA, IRA terrorists and Arab militants and tying it into the current global climate of home security and lucrative business interests generated by war and terrorism. It's all held together by the author's terse, lean and dramatically dynamic prose, which wastes not a word or scene. At any point, you're never more than a page away from another major revelation or explosive situation. Brilliant.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book one month ago for a long flight to Japan in September. In the book store I really didn't know what book to buy and I have never heard of Jeff Abbott before. Then this silver shiny cover flashed out from the bookshelf. I read the first two pages and though this is it, the book I have always been waiting for.
I think The Bourne Identity is not even close as thrilling and exciting as this story about a man, who's life is about to change.
This increadible tension throughout the whole story chains you to the book and lets you read page after page without wanting to stop.
Listening to music (lounge,cafe del mare,...) while reading the book,makes you vanish into your own world of imagination. I though I was watching the newest thriller in a theater, but RUN gives you so much more than that.
The book's buildup is like a movie itself, seperated into different scenes, which at the end leads you to the one thing you will love most, wanting more of this story.
I already bought PANIC before I even finished RUN and I can't wait to get on that flight!
I think The Bourne Identity is not even close as thrilling and exciting as this story about a man, who's life is about to change.
This increadible tension throughout the whole story chains you to the book and lets you read page after page without wanting to stop.
Listening to music (lounge,cafe del mare,...) while reading the book,makes you vanish into your own world of imagination. I though I was watching the newest thriller in a theater, but RUN gives you so much more than that.
The book's buildup is like a movie itself, seperated into different scenes, which at the end leads you to the one thing you will love most, wanting more of this story.
I already bought PANIC before I even finished RUN and I can't wait to get on that flight!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is what it says on the tin, a fabulous escape, a fanatstic adventure, chock full of excitement yes some cliche but occasionally a cliche is what is needed, the characters were as beleiveable as say rambo or bourne, there arent really that many of these people runnning around the streets but if there were you would want them to have the ability to sort tight situations like they do.
As for not believable the lead is scared witless throughout and I can say so would I be in his shoes.
A good book, but if you want shakespeare take the hint, it doesnt say shakespeare on the cover!
As for not believable the lead is scared witless throughout and I can say so would I be in his shoes.
A good book, but if you want shakespeare take the hint, it doesnt say shakespeare on the cover!
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Run
This book was recommended to me by a friend, for anyone with imagination and a tendency for adventure novels, this has to be the one.
Published 8 months ago by Jeffrey Doughty
Run as fast as you can
This book really was just a random pick, I just wanted something slightly different to read, and this seemed to fit that bill. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Teddy Ludford
Worst book I've read in a long time
Complete lack of credibilities in the characters who have inconsistent personalities through the book. Read more
Published on 3 July 2009 by Michael Louzado
fast paced thriller
I find the author a bit of a mixed bag, have really enjoyed some of his stuff while finding some others rather tedious. Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by N. Brett
For action addicts who miss Ludlum
Jeff Abbott attempts to get as many action sequences into this novel as is possible. The action never dips for a second and the reader is left breathless. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2009 by richard Brown
Action with little depth
The rear cover understates the core of the plot here - there is more than the story of an ordinary guy running for his life. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2009 by johnverp
Only passable
This is an OK book. Nothing more. Murder/thriller/chase - been done before - much better.
I am just finishing another Jeff Abbott book (PANIC) which is very similar in plot to... Read more
I am just finishing another Jeff Abbott book (PANIC) which is very similar in plot to... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2008 by BookWriter
Probably the worst thrller
This is probably the worst thriller I've ever read. Ludicrous plot, no characterisation, predictable action. Worst of all - no tension at all. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2008 by W. J. Gilder
One for the price of two
Just like Panic, this is fairly ordinary long-journey/ airport fodder. Just like Panic we start off with our implausibly perfect hero, who is unaware of his links to some shadowy... Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2008 by Mr Smith
run baby run......
i found this book in our hotel reception 3 weeks ago and it took 2 weeks to read it (bit busy on holiday). Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2008 by owen conway
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