Witch Hunt: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000GCFCAU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 275 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Rankin (Resurrection Men, etc.) is more comfortable with drawing-room mystery than spy thriller here; much of the action is interior, revolving around probing interviews and crossword-puzzle clues, and the terrorist-spectacular plot eventually deflates into a family melodrama. The novel often ditches her to take up the richer psychologies of the detectives tracking her, the incessant bureaucratic infighting and turf battles among various police and intelligence agencies, and a knockabout romance between an English spy-bloke and a French spy-gamine on Witch's trail. Glamorous on the outside, this lady assassin is dull on the inside; Witch has a touch of feminist outrage but spends most of her time dourly mulling over the details of upcoming hits. But Rankin's attempts to get inside her head fall a bit flat. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Pub
Danny boy said A good start.. New characters,slow fleshing them out. Hard to appreciate why there was any chemistry to one pair. I would read another book with these characters.. stuart Steckler said No Rebus. Lacked any really interesting characters and the story a little far fetched for me. To much going on with no real bite or vciewpoint. This book will keep you up half the night Others have compared it to "The Day of the Jackal" and I would have to agree. Not one of Rankin's "Edinburgh" series, this was originally written under a pseudonym (Jack Harvey) and is a Special Services thriller. It begins with a bang -- literally -- off the coast of England -- a mysterious woman is coming into the country, and she's not exactly arriving at
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. Witch is wanted by the world's most elite police agencies, doggedly pursued by three very different detectives - one woman and two men. 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.. 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. She is Witch, and she makes for alluring prey, teasing her pursuers as she eludes them, hunting her victims with brea