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Edge of Danger by Jack Higgins and it's sequel, Midnight Runner. Dreck. not even entertaining dreck. It's so formulaic I suspect he outsourced it to ghost writers.

Simply put:

1. Establish our heroes. They are unflinchingly heroic, good, charming and perfectly mannered. All heroes were/are in the military, are fabulously good looking and have countless decorations for valor.

2. Establish the bad guys. They are unflinchingly ruthless, well mannered, well dressed and enormously wealthy.

3. Bad guys do something and succeed. They go to uber-posh bar for Bushmills and Champaign.

4. Good guys join them there and engage in mind games and witty reparte of dueling words. Everyone maintains their manners

5. Good guys do something to thwart bad guys

6. Repeat until all bad guys are dead.

This formula works equally well for either book. It does not help that this guy did the reading for the audiobook. He draws out every third word. It drove me to distraction.

"Things are going to get rooooooooouuuuuuuuugggggghhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeerrrrrrr, said George. Now that we're hhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee."

Really bloody awful.

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