Blown Away

John Becker #6

by David Wiltse

A phantom bomber with a signature "Spring" bears a well-nursed grudge against New York City. To wreak vengeance on the city he holds responsible for his thwarted academic career, Spring launches a campaign of terror. His goal is purely revenge, but he is soon intercepted by a lowlife with higher getting the city to fork up $5 million in exchange for no more bombings.
Relying more on old-fashioned policework and Becker's instincts than on the kind of state-of-the-art technology employed by the eccentric bomber, Becker and FBI Agent Pegeen Haddad must track down the elusive Spring and his abettor before more lives are lost - and before the city caves in to Spring's demands.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

David Wiltse was born in 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska and currently lives in a small town in Connecticut. He has written plays for stage, screen and television and won a Drama Desk award for most promising playwright for Suggs (first produced at Lincoln Center in 1972). Always popular with Bookhaunts readers, his novels include the John Becker Novels and Billy Tree/Falls City Novels.

Reviews

[Judie Dooley · Rating 4 out of 5]

good read. realistic story line and characters. lets you know what can really happen in this world. the ending left me wanting more. I will defenitely read more of David Wiltse books.

[Dari · Rating 2 out of 5]

i really liked the first 3-4 books of this series...then i hit #5. being so turned off by the graphic sex in book #5, i put it aside. haven't yet figured out why i was more pissed off about that than the violence in all of the books but i felt like the author was getting off while i was reading it and that was creepy...so i put it down. then came book #6. this was a huge let down. the characters in this one were ridiculous and so stereotypical as to be laughable. the lack of anything about john's home life and his relationship to karen and the kids was confusing.. it's like wiltse was bored with everyone from previous books so let's ignore the fact that they exist. i found it almost funny that this is the one book that seems to warrant a follow up since it doesn't "end" in the way we all have come to expect. obviously the author was confused about that too as he chose this to be his last book in this series. pretty sad way to end what started out as an intriguing and novel idea for a thriller series. i guess when you run out of steam...you just do.

[Jorn Barger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of memorable scenes with a seriously implausible villain at the center (weak and socially inept but somehow also masterful). A dozen points of view artistically rendered. I'd give the characters funny names and make it a surreal black comedy.

[Viccy · Rating 4 out of 5]

6 in series. Tracking down a serial bomber using old-fashioned police work.

[Britt · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was for school

[Jann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series about John Becker is outstanding. I have reread them so many times over the years, and loaning them out, I have had to replace them. You will never forget the character John Becker. I have asked Mr. Wiltse if he will write another and he is working on something now. I wish he would hurry. It has been way to long.

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another easy, entertaining book, I really liked how all these criminals got sucked in together into the mess...but crap...it's the last of the series but it didn't really end! It's alright though, there were characters left to like. I enjoyed the series regardless, better than many other thriller series I've read.

SPOILERS:
So sad for Pegeen, for Meisner.

[Andrew Carter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just an OK story. I like John Becker, Special Agent. This character has intensity and focus; however this story has way too many weak characters for it to be more than just OK