See Night Run

by D.W. St. John

Night Hume is good cop, an honest cop, a cop who believes in the job. For three years as an undercover narcotics task force officer he?s lived the life of the maggots he pursues? years that have cost him a home, a marriage, a daughter. Assigned to make a buy from a college professor who sells to her students, the last person he expects to meet is Ceridwen Laurence. Night knows dealers, and Ceridwen doesn?t fit the mold. What is it about her that makes him break the rules he?s lived by, question every precept, lie?to her, to his partner, to his boss, to himself? After twenty years as a cop, is he losing his faith in the law? Job in the balance, Night finds himself neck-deep in a government cover up that nearly costs him and his partner their lives. Now he must decide not only whether to gamble their lives exposing a political conspiracy no one will believe, but whether the enforcement of marijuana laws is worth a child?s life. Tough decisions? If he stay alive long enough to make them?

Genres: Fiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only (minor) flaw of this book is that it gets slightly preachy for a couple of pages about why the "war on drugs" is good for politics and doesn't actually help the problem. Other than that, See Night Run is a winner --- great characterization, interesting plot, thought-provoking issues, all wrapped up in a fun cop drama.

You can download the ebook for free here: http://www.free-ebooks.net/ebook/See-... or pay 99 cents on Amazon. Yet another example of an author writing outside the mainstream whose books are better than the mainstream.

[Dava Stewart · Rating 3 out of 5]

I waffled between 3 or 4 stars on this one. On the one hand it was intriguing and I read it really quickly because I wanted to see what would happen. On the other hand, it had tons of formatting issues that actually caused confusion - it is so frustrating to feel yanked out of a story because you have to reread a simple sentence or piece of dialog - it also had some basic storyline type problems - a character shows up in a place she could not possibly have found in order to save the day - and it uses some pretty trite methods to hammer home a point. Also, despite the authors clear efforts to make the central character a hero, I didn't like him that much.

This is a fairly harsh review for me, but the fact is I had a really hard time deciding if I like the book or not. It does have points in its favor, but in the end, it isn't that good. Very close, though. My husband would say, "good dig, no tater."

[Sarah Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

A drug cop questioning putting people in jail for using and dealing dope is odd. The same cop falling for the dealer he busts is odder. Me caring very much about them both is odder still. I did tho.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

Likeable characters. Interesting plot. Makes you think.

[Sonja · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do not know if this kindle ebook is available as a paper or hard back book, but I read it on my Kindle for Free. Worth Reading.