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Sto caricando le informazioni... Witch Hunt: A Novel (originale 1993; edizione 2004)di Ian Rankin
Informazioni sull'operaWitch Hunt di Ian Rankin (1993)
Best Spy Fiction (93) British Mystery (346) Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Witchhunt. Ian Rankin. 1993. I have read at least one of Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series and enjoyed it. This is a good international thriller. I think I would have enjoyed it more, if I had finished it sooner—too much stop and go reading...The Witch is a serial terrorist for lack of a better term. A mysterious explosion aboard a commercial ship whose owner was in financial trouble is connected to “The Witch,” and British security is determined to find her and her target before she kills another government official. The plot switches back and forth between the British Intelligence personnel and The Witch. Interesting and mildly suspenseful ( ) Witchhunt. Ian Rankin. 1993. I have read at least one of Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series and enjoyed it. This is a good international thriller. I think I would have enjoyed it more, if I had finished it sooner—too much stop and go reading...The Witch is a serial terrorist for lack of a better term. A mysterious explosion aboard a commercial ship whose owner was in financial trouble is connected to “The Witch,” and British security is determined to find her and her target before she kills another government official. The plot switches back and forth between the British Intelligence personnel and The Witch. Interesting and mildly suspenseful. The titular Witch is an assassin whose identity has stumped MI5 for years. They have a thick file on her but little clue as to her whereabouts—that is, until a shady financial dealer is brutally murdered in his home in Scotland, with some gruesome calling cards that leave MI5 certain Witch has returned. The race is on to find her before she kills again, especially because there’s a world summit being held in England. There’s cross-Channel drama, international cooperation, and spies coming out of retirement to get their hands on this elusive killer. This is the first of Ian Rankin’s novels written under the pseudonym of Jack Harvey. It’s certainly not a Rebus novel; the Rebus books contain more humour. It’s written solidly enough, but it took me a while to get into it. Part of this is likely the result of distraction or awkwardness associated with reading a 700+ page omnibus of the three Jack Harvey novels, but part of it could be that I’m comparing it with Rebus. Would I have read this if I hadn’t known that this was an Ian Rankin book? Maybe no nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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She is an ingenious assassin, with as many methods as identities, a master of disguise with an instinct for escape.... She is Witch, and she makes for alluring prey, teasing her pursuers as she eludes them, hunting her victims with breathtaking creativity, beguiling the most powerful men in the world with her dark beauty and cunning. Witch is wanted by the world's most elite police agencies, doggedly pursued by three very different detectives - one woman and two men. Two are at the beginning of their careers, one is staking a lifetime's experience on tracking Witch down, and all three display a professional determination that veers dangerously close to obsession. Working with and against one another, crossing paths and crossing swords, the detectives on her trail must stop her before she pulls off her most daring and ingenious assignment yet, a killing whose repercussions will reverberate throughout the world. The intricate deceits and confidences that lead Witch to her latest target inspire an elaborate chase, but no matter how fast her pursuers track her, no matter how expertly they anticipate her every move, Witch always remains one step ahead of the game. With time growing short, it seems she will elude authorities again - but an unexpected link to her own mysterious past may upset her streak of calculated terror. Edgar Award winner lan Rankin delivers a novel of espionage that rivals the classics of the genre, confirming his stature as one of the modern masters of suspense. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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