Counterplot

by Alastair MacNeill

A thriller of revenge set in Chicago's underworld.Frankie Genno is a small-time criminal, a drug dealer with links to some serious players in Chicago's underworld. He has dreams of playing with the big boys, dreams which lead him to plan a bank heist. Easy money.Except his girlfried, another coke addict like Frankie, turns stookie and Frankie ends up behind bars, a couple of deaths on his hands. And Frankie's dreams become a single-minded obsession-getting revenge on Anne Stratton, the girl who has put him away. She has to die.Anne has moved, changed cities, name and looks. Even changed her habits -- no more coke for her. Her only contact with her past is the Witness Protection Programme (WITSEC) which helped her relocate after the trial. And when she learns that her old contact is dead, killed after apparently selling WITSEC documents on the black market, she knows her life is in danger.For Genno has broken out of jail, and now he's looking for Anne . . .

250 pages, Hardcover

First published October 7, 1999

About the author

Alastair MacNeill was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1960. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was six, settling in the coastal city of East London.

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1985 hoping to pursue a career as a writer. He submitted a manuscript to HarperCollins Publishers and, on the strength of it, was offered the chance to write a novel based on an outline by the late Alistair MacLean. He eventually wrote seven novels based on MacLean synopses and has also written five novels under his own name.

He lives in Sheffield.

Reviews

[Alexandru · Rating 2 out of 5]

O altă carte plată, cu alte acte de bravadă, dialoguri superficiale și o acțiune bombastică.