Bleeding Hearts
A Novel
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4.0 • 23 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A master of modern mystery and the award-winning author of Resurrection Man pens a page-turning novel of assassins and double-crossing.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
First published in the U.K. in 1994 under the pseudonym Jack Harvey, this routine thriller from Edgar-winner Rankin tells the story of Michael Weston, a fastidious British assassin whose life gets complicated when Hoffer, an American PI, starts to close in on him. The novel opens with Weston's carefully choreographed hit on London TV journalist Eleanor Ricks, but Hoffer is chasing Weston for another assassination, in which the antihero mistakenly shot a young girl. The plot takes a convoluted journey to the United States, to a weapons dealer in Texas and on to a quasireligious cult near Seattle. The nonstop action, copious violence and arcane details about weaponry and forensics will please thriller junkies, but fans of Rankin's masterful John Rebus series (Fleshmarket Alley, etc.) may not find this pre-Rebus book to their taste.
Customer Reviews
Bleeding Hearts
A complicated tale, well-told with the excitement I've come to expect from Ian Rankin. Lessons learned include don't expect that the soulless ones who do the dirty work for the mega rich -- and I'm certain some not so rich -- are capable of few kindnesses. Whatever it takes to get what they have decided they want is the only guideline.
Bleeding Hearts
Not one of his better books.