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Night Of The Running Man
IS JERRY LOGAN ON A WINNING STREAK?
Jerry Logan is an ordinary Las Vegas cabdriver - until a gangster leaves half a million dollars in the back seat of his cab. Right then and there, for the first time in his forty years, Jerry decides to take a chance.
And the money.
He runs for his life, because this money's hot. But right behind him is David Eckhart... the most cold-blooded professional hit man that the Vegas mob can hire.
Jerry Logan is an ordinary Las Vegas cabdriver - until a gangster leaves half a million dollars in the back seat of his cab. Right then and there, for the first time in his forty years, Jerry decides to take a chance.
And the money.
He runs for his life, because this money's hot. But right behind him is David Eckhart... the most cold-blooded professional hit man that the Vegas mob can hire.
- GenresCrime
448 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1981
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July 25, 2015
This novel kept me on the edge of my seat! I kept thinking "Well this is what is going to happen," and I was wrong every time! It had great twists and turns and you end up in places you never saw coming. It is a great idea: a man finds a lot of money in his cab and that sets him on a run for his life. You also get inside the mind of the man (evil evil man) who is following him... creepy!
Worth a read, I promise!
Worth a read, I promise!
May 22, 2025
4.5 rounded up to 5 stars. Only the implausible final scene kept this from 5, but it was a dandy and fast-moving story otherwise. The bad guys were really bad and the good guys were flawed but clearly the ones to root for. I call this an undiscovered gem, even tho they made a movie of it, because my review is only the fifth one on Goodreads. Inconceivable!
June 6, 2016
It's been a long time since I read this book (over 10 years), but I still remember it quite well.
It's safe to say I loved it! Great suspense and turn of events and I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good book full of suspense.
Just writing this review makes me want to read it again. :)
It's safe to say I loved it! Great suspense and turn of events and I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good book full of suspense.
Just writing this review makes me want to read it again. :)
January 26, 2021
This was a very brash book about a cabbie who witnesses a death and finds the man's money in his cab. He decides to keep it, unaware that the mob knows he has it. There follows several days of running, sex, and murder. I felt the plot was old and the out come inevitable.
January 16, 2021
Difficult to stop reading, finished it over 3 nights. Just grounded enough to buy into as “real”, and relentlessly paced.
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