Out of the Sun

A Novel

Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published June 15, 1998 by Owl Books.

ISBN:
978-0-8050-5836-9
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OCLC Number:
52986199

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2 stars (2 reviews)

The latest novel from the most compelling storyteller of them all.When Harry Barnett is anonymously informed that his son is languishing in hospital in a diabetic coma, he is certain there must be some mistake, since he does not have a son. But he soon discovers that he does. David Venning is a brilliant mathematician, whose illness is taken to be either a tragic accident or a suicide attempt. But, oddly enough, his notebooks are missing from the hotel room in which he was found. And Harry discovers that two other scientists employed, like David, by Globescope Inc., an American forecasting institute, have died in mysterious circumstances. Perhaps David is actually the victim of attempted murder. And perhaps the deaths of other Globescope staff are not the coincidences they seem. Pursuing the truth in England, Denmark and the United States, Harry finds himself entangled in several different kinds of conspiracy, …

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2 stars

A real disappointment. Started so well, as his other books do, a protagonist who has to get public transport and worry about the pennies - refreshing. But then it all gets silly and we are off on international travels and resources suddenly become no object and coincidence piles upon coincidence.

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  • General
  • Fiction - Espionage / Thriller
  • Fiction
  • Espionage/Intrigue
  • Fiction / General