Night Walker (Hard Case Crime #16)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780843955866 (0843955864)
Publish date: January 1st 2006
Publisher: Hard Case Crime
Pages no: 252
Edition language: English
My first Donald Hamilton book.I got bothered by some of the dated aspects. I pretty much don't take that sort of stuff in my stride when it comes to vintage literature. I figure it goes with the territory, but sometimes it doesn't work, as it's the case.Regarding the effectiveness of the two twists ...
While hitchhiking to Norfolk to report for active duty, Navy Lieutenant David Young is smashed over the head with a tire iron and left for dead in a burning car. When he comes to, burned and bandaged in the hospital, everyone thinks he's Larry Wilson, the man who picked him up. It turns out Larry ...
I would give this three and a half stars, if I could. This novel takes the Cold War paranoia and spy stories of its era and transmutes them into something more personal and more hard-boiled, with only the slightest nod to "Commies" or whatever. It also confuses the reader as to whether it'll be the ...