- Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction; Reprint edition (Mar 11 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060005858
- ISBN-13: 978-0060005856
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #497,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Travelers to Westport, Conn., should keep an eye open for unusual characters. That distinguished old gent who runs an antique shop? He's an ex-KGB colonel. That red-haired woman whose bookstore sells a lot of Harry Potters? She's a professional killer who likes to blow up trucks and planes. And the owners of a popular restaurant, a quaint bed-and-breakfast, a home security firm? They're all former assassins for the U.S. government, possessed of various violent skills that they're ready to exercise once again if their boss, Paul Bannerman-who runs a travel agency on the Boston Post Road-gives the word. We encounter them all again as thriller veteran Maxim takes up his successful series where Bannerman's Promise left off. Artemus Bourne, who puts the "arch" in "arch villain," is straight out of Ian Fleming-a fabulously wealthy and powerful smuggler, currently involved in the dirty African diamond business, who can't seem to hire good help. Bourne wants revenge on an Angolan rebel, Alameo, who messily beheaded three of Bourne's aides. Bourne knows that Alameo is really a former East German (and Bannerman colleague) named Martin Kessler, long believed to be dead. To trap Kessler, Bourne needs Kessler's lover, Elizabeth Stride, a legendary assassin called the Black Angel. Stride is also supposed to be dead, but in fact she's another of Bannerman's "ghosts" in retirement in Westport-and Bannerman may have to marshal some of his own deadly skills to protect her. The entertaining-if somewhat ludicrous-plot involves a good deal of hokum, blarney and old-fashioned excitement. Maxim's fans are in for more fun.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
In this new installment to the Bannerman series, psychotic billionaire Artemus Bourne gets more than he bargained for when he finds himself on the wrong side of some "retired" government operatives. Bourne's global business empire encompasses diamonds, arms smuggling, and the manufacture of "weapons grade" viral agents. But an Angolan rebel leader by the name of Alameo, former East German agent Martin Kessler, has brought all of Bourne's nefarious schemes to a halt by holding his bioweapon lab hostage. In a desperate effort, Bourne decides to find and take hostage Kessler's ex-lover, Elizabeth Stride. All former assassin Stride wants is some peace and quiet, but when her tranquil Hilton Head neighborhood is invaded by Bourne's heavy-handed thugs, she seeks the assistance of old friend Paul Bannerman and his associates. Death, destruction, and general mayhem soon follow in their wake as they set out to bring Bourne to justice. With a convoluted plot reminiscent of Robert Ludlum (before he began writing from beyond the grave), this tightly wound thriller will appeal to both espionage and general suspense readers. Kaite Mediatore
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Bannerman Returns!,
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This review is from: Bannerman's Ghosts (Mass Market Paperback)
Bannerman has returned to the scene to battle a new villain.He is still located in the state of Conneticutt with his band ofprofessional killers who have settled down to become ordinary citizens. The villain in this story is named Artemus Bourne.He is immensely wealthy and involved in plots and schemes all over the world. Martin Kessler makes his return.He ships the heads of three of Bourne's associates who are involved in bio weapons.The villain wants to locate Elizabeth Stride as a means of bringing Martin Kessler out in the open.He threatewns the town of Bridge- port Conneticutt with attack by chemical weapons.Bannerman will prove to be a worthy enemy for Bourne.This will keep you on the edge of your seat to see who wins. An action packed book that you will enjoy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I could take Elizabeth Stride!,
By Melissa Flygare (Boston, Mass. United States of America) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bannerman's Ghosts (Hardcover)
I've read most of Maxim's books. I find myself more delighted with each read. He not only writes believable characters that are easy to identify with, but he has a talent for bringing them to life male, female, and child alike. He obviously educated himself and in turn the reader on material crucial to the plot be it bio-weapons or matters of state. The most enjoyable part of Bannerman's Ghosts for me was revisiting characters that I knew I'd miss when I finished Haven and Whistler's Angel. You can Bet that after revisiting Paul Bannerman in this one, I'll be looking through Maxim's other work hoping to find one I havn't read.
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All thrills,
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This review is from: Bannerman's Ghosts (Hardcover)
Maxim holds nothing back in his latest thriller. The story is fast-paced, the subject is timely, and it makes for one heck of an exciting day of reading. Pure adrenaline.I look forward to the next Bannerman novel. Highly recommended.
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