Sledgehammer

by Walter Wager

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Genres: Action, Thriller, Fiction

265 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 1971

About the author

Wager was best known as an author of mystery and spy fiction; his works included 58 Minutes (1987), whose story was used as the basis of the action film Die Hard 2 in 1990. Two of his other novels became major motion pictures in 1977: Viper Three (1972), which was released as Twilight's Last Gleaming, and Telefon (1975). Wager wrote a number of original novels in the 1960s under the pseudonym "John Tiger" that were based on the TV series I Spy and Mission: Impossible.


Born Walter Herman Wager in the Bronx, NY, he was the son of Russian immigrants, and he attended Columbia College at Columbia University. He graduated in 1944 and later earned a law degree from Harvard; the practice of law interested him less than aviation, however, and Wager subsequently entered a fellowship program at Northwestern University through which he earned a degree in aviation law. He attended the Sorbonne for a year under a Fulbright scholarship at the end of the 1940s, and then turned his attention to earning a living. Wager spent the early '50s working as an aviation law consultant to the government of Israel, and from there moved to an editorial job at the United Nations, where he oversaw the editing of that organization's myriad publications. His interest in writing got him into radio at the tail-end of that medium's era of prominence, authoring scripts, and in his spare time he wrote stories.

He was also a writer and producer for CBS Radio, CBS television, and NBC television and was editor-in-chief of Playbill from 1963 to 1966. In addition, Wager worked in public relations for ASCAP and the University of Bridgeport.

Reviews

[Shelby Ming · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

Liked book
Set in another time before cell phones, tablets,and ipads.
The reader can see what a small desperate group can do

[James Connelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A plan for avenging a debt

I love everything about this book. I've had it in hardcover for years and decided that this format is easiest to carry around.

[Donna Herrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

A thriller in which an ex-OSS unit takes on a gang which is running a town/county.

[Barry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although somewhat dated on purchasing and such, this was a terrific book. The story is that 4 WWII Jedburghs reunite for revenge of the murder of their 5th man and former leader who underwent hours of torture by the Nazis to protect them.

[Ed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thriller - Sledgehammer is the code name for the operation of an elite OSS unit behind German lines during World War II. Five experts in guerrilla warfare are concealed under identities as a crusading journalist, a Hollywood stuntman, a professor of psychology, a money man for a major casino, and a billionaire bachelor. Their mission is clear. Their training has prepared them for anything. But when the journalist is murdered, his four friends change the plan to one single purpose: get revenge.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this so long ago, I have to reread to give a synopsis. I remember it was good, in an Ocean's 11 kinda way.

[NebulousGloom (FK) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good plot, but the writer was too impressed with himself and kept giving directions for how the "camera" should move. Lame.

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent action adventure.