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From the New York Times bestselling author of Storm Peak comes his latest thriller featuring Jesse Parker-a tense showdown with hostage-takers...
When guests and staff at a snowbound ski lodge in Utah are taken hostage by heavily armed men, Jesse Parker may be their only hope. Jesse has left Steamboat Springs to try to salvage his career after a horrific skiing accident-but finds his refuge has turned into a war zone.
One of the hostages is a U.S. senator, so FBI Agent Denton Colby is sent to Utah to negotiate a ransom. But the head of the hostage-takers is playing a dangerous game. As his demands become increasingly erratic-and half the hostages are mercilessly killed-Colby suspects that money may not be what he's really after.
Unbeknownst to Colby, they do have a man on the inside-Jesse has remained undetected, and with the help of a female security officer he may be able to stop these cold-blooded captors in their tracks...
- Sales Rank: #775747 in Books
- Published on: 2012-02-07
- Released on: 2012-02-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.35" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .68 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
About the Author
John Flanagan grew up in Sydney, Australia hoping to be a writer. It wasn’t until he wrote a highly uncomplimentary poem about a senior executive at the agency he worked, however, that his talent was revealed. It turned out one of the company directors agreed with John’s assessment of the executive, and happily agreed to train John in copywriting.
After writing advertising copy for the next two decades, John teamed with an old friend to develop a television sitcom, Hey Dad!, which went on to air for eight years.
John began writing Ranger’s Apprentice for his son, Michael, ten years ago, and is still hard at work on the series. He currently lives in the suburb of Manly, Australia, with his wife. In addition to their son, they have two grown daughters and four grandsons.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
4 STARS
By Lori Caswell/Dollycas
Former Detective, Jesse Parker was injured in a ski accident and while his physical injuries have healed the emotional ones have not. He is afraid to ski on the difficult slopes where he was injured. He decides to head to Utah to a wonderful ski lodge to try to work through his issues without the pressure of all his friends standing by.
Jesse heads to the slopes one last time before he heads home. Unable to overcome his fears he returns to the lodge to find it has been turned into a war zone, complete with guns on the roof. The guests and staff have been taken hostage by about 20 heavily armed men.
Meanwhile the FBI determines one of the guests of the lodge is a United States Senator. They also find the ransom amount odd and they start to think there is more to the story than just wanting money. They also learn that they have a man that can help them on the inside, an ex-cop and part-time Sheriff's Deputy. Jesse had checked out of the hotel before he went skiing so as long as he's careful he may be able to help free the hostages and stay in contact with the FBI and stop the cold blooded captors in their tracks.
Dollycas's Thoughts
One of the very first things I noticed about this book is that the author was from Australia which accounts for some of the terminology or wording to be a little unusual for a story that takes place in the United States. After I accepted that fact I was able to look beyond that flaw and enjoy the story. It is a really good suspenseful story. It has a hostages playing a part in their rescue, kind of a Flight 93 on 9/11 element that was quite gripping.
I had not read the first book in this series, Storm Peak: A Jesse Parker Mystery, and had absolutely no problem following the story line so this book could definitely read as a stand alone, although now I would like to read the first one. I want to see how Jesse's story began.
This author is better know for his fantasy series for children in grades 4 - 8 but the first book in this adult series was a New York Times Bestseller and this follow up may be too. I give it 4 stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
This is a decent ACTION (not a mystery) with some Cheap Tricks.
By A. Allen
blech.
So. First, this is touted as a "Jesse Parker Mystery." Although I hadn't read any other of these so-called Jesse Parker Mysteries, I have read plenty of mysteries and generally they involve an element of, I don't know, mystery? This is more like a Jesse Parker Action Book. Which only matters because I wanted to read a mystery. And I'm not blaming Flanagan for telling us "who-dun-it" in the beginning of the book and making us work our way out backwards... That's fine. In fact, it's a lovely technique when used well (see, e.g., The Secret History by Donna Tartt or The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino). But this one just wasn't a mystery for the *reader*, and I feel like, to call a book a mystery, it should be a mystery for the reader. Not just for a handful of characters in the book. So that was annoying.
But then there's more. Really annoying technique #2: Flanagan is obsessed with tall, blonde, athletic, shapely, outdoorsy girls. An author's obsession with a female-type should not be SO obvious to the reader. For the love, please be a little more subtle.
Really annoying technique #3: Jesse Parker is clearly what Flanagan either wishes he were or hopes he is/was. You know, tall, kind, smart, just a little bit troubled so that every girl in the novel WANTS him and wants to fix him. (brrp) Sorry. just threw up in my mouth a little.
And the thing is, ALL of these things are fine and even great when used well and/or with *subtlety*.
So, the plot. Jesse Parker, expert skier, has had some terrible skiing mishap in a prior "mystery," and can't ski "the wall" at this fancy little resort in Utah that he's trying to overcome. His a-hole girlfriend back in Colorado (or whatever other snowy town he hails from) has no sympathy and treats him like he's personally offended her by not being able to ski the most expert trails. But don't worry, she's tall, blond, curvy, athletic, and outdoorsy, so this will all work out. (eye-roll)
And his hot a-hole girlfriend totally shames him on the slopes one day, so he sets out back to "The Wall" in Utah to overcome his phobia and be a man in his girlfriend's eyes once more.
And (and this is my favorite part), while he's there, he meets this OTHER tall, blond, curvy, athletic, outdoorsy chick who, of course, also wants him, but she's more sensitive to him. but also, she's hot. so he bangs her. But no, don't worry, he's not going to waste time feeling *guilty* about it because **that would cheapen the experience with this *new girl.*** I'm sorry, but ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Regardless, it seemed like Flanagan's way to just throw in some sex to keep the ol' boys interested in his tale.
But, and here comes the "Mystery", all of a sudden, there's a terrorist/hostage situation. So slu**y girl, er, the "new girl" becomes an insider to Jesse, the secret insider-outsider, to the real outside world. (yeah, it doesn't really matter) And there's also FBI, and a newly minted president (the VP after the president kicked it), and political arguments, and thoughtless murder, and etc. etc. I mean. It's an action no doubt. And the action element is actually not bad.
It's interesting enough and kept the pages turning. Without the crap, it could have been a 3 1/2 or maybe even a 4 star book. But the unsubtle, unskilled, lazy, cheap methods used by the author brought the book down to 2 stars.
So, all in all, TWO of 5 stars. Recommend to readers who like action adventures and for whom the above stuff wouldn't bother ;)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Well worth the effort
By Bill
The plot is very plausible and nicely constructed. Tension builds throughout the book and I couldn't wait to see what happened.
It was easy to overlook the sometimes strange phrases.
There were no "loose ends" at the end which is always important to me.
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