Longshot/The Women in His Life/Crackdown/Something to Hide

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Cliff-hangers
^^H The hero runs, breathless. Ahead is only a sheer wall and the open void beyond. Behind him a hulking figure. Our hero ^^H^ makes a split-second decision. He lunges— ^^^^ over the side! He grabs for a handhold, r ^ He . . .It's the adventure novel—stories
^ ^ of men at work, according to one critic. But what work it is! The adventure hero may earn his living piloting some sputtering craft through the Azores or skippering a luxury yacht past whizzing bullets in the Bahamas. (See Crackdown, on page 339, for that story.)
Our passion for high adventure has been with us since the dawn of storytelling. Think of those drawings on the cave walls of Stone Age man. What tale do they tell? Nothing less than the intrepid adventures of some early hero as he goes out to slay the bison and bring home the bacon.
What's behind the lasting appeal of these books? For starters, they tell smashing good yarns. But they also allow us to experience risks we're far too sensible to... Tovább

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Cliff-hangers
^^H The hero runs, breathless. Ahead is only a sheer wall and the open void beyond. Behind him a hulking figure. Our hero ^^H^ makes a split-second decision. He lunges— ^^^^ over the side! He grabs for a handhold, r ^ He . . .It's the adventure novel—stories
^ ^ of men at work, according to one critic. But what work it is! The adventure hero may earn his living piloting some sputtering craft through the Azores or skippering a luxury yacht past whizzing bullets in the Bahamas. (See Crackdown, on page 339, for that story.)
Our passion for high adventure has been with us since the dawn of storytelling. Think of those drawings on the cave walls of Stone Age man. What tale do they tell? Nothing less than the intrepid adventures of some early hero as he goes out to slay the bison and bring home the bacon.
What's behind the lasting appeal of these books? For starters, they tell smashing good yarns. But they also allow us to experience risks we're far too sensible to take on our own. We can feel the chill of danger, the tingle of fear—all from the comfort of our easy chairs.
So, cut to the chase. Bring on the villains. And may the good guys prevail! —The Editors
LONGSHOT by Dick Francis Putnam, $19.95 John Kendall knows how to survive. Whether in a desert or a jungle or an icy wilderness, he's an expert at overcoming the perils of nature. But can he outwit a deadly human enemy? Because when Kendall agrees to write the biography of a racehorse trainer, he finds himself drawn into an unexpected murder investigation—and a desperate struggle with a killer who's learned survival tricks from Kendall himself! Topflight suspense by the best-selling author of Straight. Page 7
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THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE by Barbara Taylor Bradford Random House, $21.95 Billionaire tycoon and corporate raider, Maximilian West is the stuff of headlines. But despite dazzling public success, his private life is a shambles. He's got a wife he can't live with, an ex-wife he loves but has lost, and a conniving lady friend. Behind all this lurks a woman who holds the key to a past he himself can't unlock. Spanning five decades of turbulent world history, the author of the best seller A Woman of Substance reveals the fascinating adventures of one extraordinary man and the women in his life. Page 145
SOMETHING TO HIDE by Patricia Robinson St. Martin's, $15.95 Sage Eliot has inherited a gracious old Charleston house she can't afford to keep. It's far too large for a young woman alone. More worrisome are the soft, shuffling sounds coming from the attic each night—as though someone is searching
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in the dark while Sage sleeps. Does the old house hide a secret—a secret that could be hazardous to her health? A shivery tale of old-fashioned mystery and romance set in the new South. Page 473

CRACKDOWN by Bernard Cornwell HarperCollins, $18.95
In the dazzling blue waters of the Bahamas lies the exotic island of Murder Cay. But no tourists come to this palm-fringed paradise. Uninvited visitors are chased away at gunpoint—for Murder Cay is the headquarters of a ruthless drug syndicate. Ex-Royal Marine Nick Breakspear wants nothing to do with the place. But when his girl disappears, Nick can no longer duck the challenge. For all clues point toward Murder Cay. The deadly confrontation he forces is an act of courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Page 339
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Coming in a future volume PAYMENT IN FULL by Henry Denker David and Rebecca Rosen had one enduring dream—to have a child. But that dream is not to be for the devout young Jewish couple. Then one day they meet Elvira Hitchins, a little black girl, eight years old and alone in the world. And suddenly it seems that dreams may come true after all, and in totally unexpected ways.
FINAL APPROACH by John J. Nance As a fierce thunderstorm rips the sky a jetliner prepares for its final descent. On the ground, another aircraft awaits takeoff. Then . . . something goes very wrong. And it becomes the job of one man, struggling against a corrupt bureaucracy, to find out what really happened on that rain-slashed night.
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