Kurjers uz ugunslīnijas

Simon Leonidovich #3

by Jay MacLarty, Jāzeps Springovičs (Translator)

Pie Saimona, pasaules līmeņa kurjera, arī valstu vadītāji vēršas vienīgi galēji saspringtā situācijā, kad pat savējiem uzticēties ir pārāk riskanti... Tieši viņam uzticēts slepens sūtījums, kas varētu izraisīt ne vien apvērsumu Ziemeļkorejā, bet arī piespiest demisionēt visu ASV prezidenta administrāciju, valsts galvu ieskaitot. Ir tikai viens bet - kurjeram no savas misijas Korejā NAV jāatgriežas dzīvam. Par to gādā gan CIP un Pentagons, gan no mūža ieslodzījuma slepeni atbrīvotais galvu mednieks - sociopāts, kam ar kurjeru Saimonu ir savi rēķini...

Genres: Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

416 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 2006

About the author

Jay Hector MacLarty was an American entrepreneur and novelist known for his thrillers featuring professional courier Simon Leonidovitch. Born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, he spent his early years in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. By the age of thirty, he had owned restaurants, nightclubs, and liquor stores before founding a series of retail stores and a software company. He also developed one of the first computerized handicapping programs for thoroughbred racing.
MacLarty later turned to fiction writing, taking a break from his software business to pursue his passion. His first novel, a thousand-page manuscript, remained unpublished, leading him to focus on writing commercially appealing thrillers. This resulted in a four-book series published by Simon & Schuster: The Courier (2003), Bagman (2004), Live Wire (2006), and Choke Point (2007). Each novel was nominated for a Barry Award, with Bagman receiving a starred review in Publishers Weekly.
Beyond writing, MacLarty was an active leader in the Las Vegas Writer's Group, helping aspiring writers advance their careers.

Reviews

[Adrienne Adams-loberger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember loving the first book in the series and looking forever for the next book in the series but I don’t know if I over valued the earlier book, but this second book seemed to drag and then I kept losing it and hence it took me forever to finish it. It was ok, I have read worse.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first 100 pages were too much about the bad guys and almost nothing on Simon, the main character. I did enjoy the Simon bits this second time around but I guess I'm not all that into his stuff anymore, it was often a challenge to suspend disbelief on some of the stuff that happened to him.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay Simon Leonidovich novel...series entertaing as usual...this one dealing with plots by VP to overthrow the Prez...expectations met for a good quick read