Scratch One
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501216341 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 513 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rhonda Carroll said Scratch One: A Novel - entertaining. This book wasn't written in what I have come to expect of Michael Crichton excellence. However, it is entertaining. The action is non-stop although at times seemed drawn out. The premise of this book is another "mistaken identity" - a businessman (realtor. Good (but not Great) Early Thriller from Master of the Techno-Thriller Another early book from the Master of the Techno-Thriller. Michael Crichton's second book was written while he was young and in college. Not as great as his later works, but still a good read. A mild-mannered Lawyer gets mixed up in the world as internati. J. R. Jacobs said Young Michael Crichton. I enjoyed it very much. It belongs in the Hard Case Crimes section. I was surprised that it was written by a college student, even though he later became a very successful professional author and producer.
Now, with some of the world's deadliest men after him, will he survive long enough to prove his identity?. To prevent an arms shipment from reaching the Middle East a terrorist group has been carrying out targeted assassinations in Egypt…Portugal…Denmark…France. In response, the United States sends one of its deadliest agents to take the killers down.But when the agent is delayed in transit, lawyer Roger Carr gets mistaken for him
Long before the carefully researched techno-thrillers that ultimately brought him to fame, Crichton wrote high-octane suspense novels to support himself while studying at Harvard Medical School. They provided him with the means to complete his education. One of the most popular entertainers in the world, Crichton sold more than 200 million copies
agent sent to stop them. From Booklist Before he was the Michael Crichton, the author published a handful of thrillers under a pseudonym, John Lange. And a pretty good one, too. --David Pitt . They’re slick and formulaic novels, lots of fun, but not what you’d normally expect from Crichton. The book is much closer to 1950s paperback fiction than it is to typical Crichton fare; the characters are nicely drawn, and the action is enjoyable, but this is in no way a science-based thriller—it’s a straightforward adventure yarn. Mayhem ensues. This one, from 1967, involves a group of terrorists who are executing a series of assassinations and an unfortunate American lawyer who, due to a rather contrived case of mistaken identity, is believed by the terrorists to be a top U.S