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A Hard-Edged thriller about a man looking for truth
This book takes place in Florida. A young man who is dealing with cargo-flight and refinding crashed planes, finds himself accused for a crime hedidn't commit.Therefore he takes a young lady as hostage and witha weapon he makes his way through the court. He escapes by several cars andmanage to run from the police. But he gets caught of aformer CIA-agentand sents to oil-magnet. He gets an mission on an oilrig, which seems tohide deep and dark secrets from his past.....

A Hard-Edged thriller about a man looking for truth
This book takes place in Florida. A young man who is dealing with cargo-flight and refinding crashed planes, finds himself accused for a crime hedidn't commit.Therefore he takes a young lady as hostage and witha weapon he makes his way through the court. He escapes by several cars andmanage to run from the police. But he gets caught of aformer CIA-agentand sents to oil-magnet. He gets an mission on an oilrig, which seems tohide deep and dark secrets from his past..... ... Read more

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Wow
I just finished this book and it was great! I often read Clancy and I really enjoyed the same type of feel in this book. The main difference is that it took about 3 days to finish as opposed to 3 weeks with Clancy. I would love to follow the cast of characters on another round, they were very intreaguing.

Rescuing the "NIght Watch"
"Alistair MacLean's Night Watch" was actually penned by Alastair MacNeill, working from a novel outline left by MacLean at his death.MacLean is best known in the United States for "Where Eagle Dare" and "The Guns of Navarone."The storyline of "Night Watch" is vintage MacLean, with a complicated plot and lots of dangerous action on an international scale.This novel continues with the cast of U.N. secret agents introduced in "Death Train."

The genesis of the plot is the clever theft of the Rembrandt painting "NIght Watch."The U.N. agents assigned to secure its recovery soon find themselves involved in a series of overlapping international intrigues, their mission threatened by personal conflicts and unforeseen challenges.For those of us who miss Alistair MacLean, "Night Watch" is like diet soda, a reasonably refreshing and serviceable copy of MacLean's writing style from his later years.MacNeill keeps the action moving along smartly and throws in more than enough exotic detail and locales to keep up reader interest.The twists and turns last to the very last page.That said, MacNeill is not quite a master of MacLean's understated ironic humor and precise use of language.The dialogue in particular is occasionally awkward.

This book is recommended to the reader looking for a good adventure story.The plot is fast moving and complicated enough to be easily a step above the average beach novel.

An awesome detective story
A novel in the series about a UNACO strike force. In this one the action takes place in South America and involves drug lords, spies and loads of other detective-story types. The action is mostly fast-paced, quite intriguing, with a few interesting plot twists. Very similar to other MacLean stories that were completed by Alistair MacNeil, such as "Night Of The Assasins" and "Death Train". ... Read more

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red reviewed
one of the best books to have come into my hands ever.
fast-paced & exhilitaringly exciting. i had to read through the book completely in one sitting.

Even in death MacLean is still the master of adventure.
This is a great book for anyone who is an adventure buff. You will be hooked to it from the begginning to the end. Anyone who hasn't read itneeds to buy now. The sooner you buy it, the sooner you can read it. ... Read more

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A MacLean to Skip
It says in this book that the story was "conceived" by Alistair MacLean and completed after his death. He might have thought of the name, but any other contribution is invisible. The book nears a record level of linguistic and factual gaffes per page which make the weak characters, predictable plot and ridiculous "action" even more disappointing.
Read his first major work, ^HMS Ulysses^and see if you think the same hand could have done that gripping story and this piece of junk.

Excellent Thriller
Another excellent thriller based on a storyline by Alistair MacLean. It is one of the sries of books telling about the Strike Force One of the UNACO. The action takes place in Europe as a train with a nuclear bomb as a cargo is racing to it's deadly destination, while the UN agents are trying to stop it. An excellent thriller with unexpected twists and a great ending. ... Read more

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Code Breaker is a Back Breaker
This book reads like a poorly written screenplay for a bad made-for-TV movie. The characters are incredibly one-dimensional, the interaction of the characters is wooden and all the 'action' is straight out of an 'A-Team' episode. The characters keep calling each other 'the best in the business' but are routinely outwitted and outsmarted. The action is slim, the pacing is poor and the writing is NOT clever.

This author has no business having their name associated in any way with Alistair MacLean.

Skip this book, I wish I had.

One of the THE BEST books out there
This novel is a masterpiece written by a true artist. It is non-stop action, from the moment you open the book to the moment you put it down. A great novel, I recommend it to all readers who enjoy action. If you enjoythis, you will definitely enjoy all his others ... Read more