Bleeding Hearts (A Jack Harvey Novel)
Registered by gypsysmom of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 8/9/2011
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I found this book at the St. Luke's Rummage Sale today. I've been trying to collect all of the Ian Rankin books that I haven't read and this is one of them. It was only $1 to get this book that looks to be in pristine condition. Thanks to Susan Roe Finlay for donating it and thanks to St. Luke's for holding the sale.
I am a fan of Ian Rankin, especially of his Rebus series, but I’ll read anything he has written. So I was delighted to find this book which was written by Rankin under the nom de plume of Jack Harvey. This book was written in 1994 before the modern era of terrorism but the descriptions of gun violence sound like they could come of the front pages of today’s newspapers.
Michael Weston is a hired assassin. He has been called the D-Man or Demolition Man because he likes to set off a small explosion near the site of his sniper attacks. He has been hired, through an intermediary he trusts, to kill a female journalist. The contract included information about where she will be at an exact time on a particular day and what she will be wearing. He carries out the hit but is almost caught by the police who showed up just after the woman was killed before anyone could have called them to report the killing. Weston manages to escape by calling an ambulance and telling them he is a haemophiliac and has been injured. The ambulance shows up and takes him to the hospital right under the noses of the police. Then Weston starts to wonder who tipped the police off and narrows it down to a few people, one of whom is the intermediary who set up the contract. He goes to see Max who lives in remote Yorkshire with his daughter Belinda. Max also supplies illegal firearms so Weston knows him quite well. He doesn’t think it could be Max but he thinks Max will know who ordered the hit. Max refers him to a criminal in London so Weston goes back to London with Belinda (Bel) in tow to provide cover. They can’t find the man they are looking for but manage to find out that the journalist was working on a story about a cult called the Disciples of Love and perhaps they ordered the hit. So Weston and Bel start looking into the cult which takes them to Scotland and then to Washington State in the USA. Hot on their heels is a New York detective who wants to catch Weston because he accidentally killed a young woman who was the daughter of a very wealthy man. Following the detective are some malevolent Americans who could be CIA. Everyone ends up at the headquarters of the Disciples of Love on the Olympic Peninsula and mayhem ensues.
The book is dedicated to Elliott and Fawn who are Elliott Abrams and Fawn Hall, names which will be familiar to some from the Iran-Contra Affair. It would give away a key part of the plot to say why Rankin chose them but he was inspired by real events showing that truth is stranger than fiction.
Michael Weston is a hired assassin. He has been called the D-Man or Demolition Man because he likes to set off a small explosion near the site of his sniper attacks. He has been hired, through an intermediary he trusts, to kill a female journalist. The contract included information about where she will be at an exact time on a particular day and what she will be wearing. He carries out the hit but is almost caught by the police who showed up just after the woman was killed before anyone could have called them to report the killing. Weston manages to escape by calling an ambulance and telling them he is a haemophiliac and has been injured. The ambulance shows up and takes him to the hospital right under the noses of the police. Then Weston starts to wonder who tipped the police off and narrows it down to a few people, one of whom is the intermediary who set up the contract. He goes to see Max who lives in remote Yorkshire with his daughter Belinda. Max also supplies illegal firearms so Weston knows him quite well. He doesn’t think it could be Max but he thinks Max will know who ordered the hit. Max refers him to a criminal in London so Weston goes back to London with Belinda (Bel) in tow to provide cover. They can’t find the man they are looking for but manage to find out that the journalist was working on a story about a cult called the Disciples of Love and perhaps they ordered the hit. So Weston and Bel start looking into the cult which takes them to Scotland and then to Washington State in the USA. Hot on their heels is a New York detective who wants to catch Weston because he accidentally killed a young woman who was the daughter of a very wealthy man. Following the detective are some malevolent Americans who could be CIA. Everyone ends up at the headquarters of the Disciples of Love on the Olympic Peninsula and mayhem ensues.
The book is dedicated to Elliott and Fawn who are Elliott Abrams and Fawn Hall, names which will be familiar to some from the Iran-Contra Affair. It would give away a key part of the plot to say why Rankin chose them but he was inspired by real events showing that truth is stranger than fiction.
I left this book on a bench near the signboard for the Cheyenne-Deadwood Trail (safely wrapped in a BC baggie) . This release is for the 2018 52 Towns in 52 weeks release challenge - Town # 13.
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When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
