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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780786890026
ISBN number: 0786890029
Label: Hyperion
Manufacturer: Hyperion
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: March 01, 2006
Publishing house: Hyperion
Sale Popularity Level: 247500
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While Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series seems to have run out of steam lately, his new stand-alone thriller shows this perennial best-selling author at the top of his form. It begins with a taut prologue introducing federal marshal Roland Larson and his protected witrness, Hope Stevens, whose testimony will send the Romero crime family to jail if she ever makes it to court. When Hope walks away from the witness protection program, she takes Larson's heart with her; he hesitates just long enough to regret it; and spends the subsequent six years searching for her. Then she surfaces again in connection with the disappearance of another protected witness, a computer expert who holds the safety of everyone in the program in the top secret software program he developed. Noone wants acess to that program more than the Romero family, and Hope Stevens is the very first and most important target of their wrath. As a member of the elite Fugitive Apprehension Task Force, Larson races the clock to find the man whose knowledge threatens the life of the woman he still loves…and the child he never knew he had. A heart-pounding thriller that's impossible to put down, this is Pearson's best to date. --Jane Adams
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While Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series seems to have run out of steam lately, his new stand-alone thriller shows this perennial best-selling author at the top of his form. It begins with a taut prologue introducing federal marshal Roland Larson and his protected witrness, Hope Stevens, whose testimony will send the Romero crime family to jail if she ever makes it to court. When Hope walks away from the witness protection program, she takes Larson's heart with her; he hesitates just long enough to regret it; and spends the subsequent six years searching for her. Then she surfaces again in connection with the disappearance of another protected witness, a computer expert who holds the safety of everyone in the program in the top secret software program he developed. Noone wants acess to that program more than the Romero family, and Hope Stevens is the very first and most important target of their wrath. As a member of the elite Fugitive Apprehension Task Force, Larson races the clock to find the man whose knowledge threatens the life of the woman he still loves…and the child he never knew he had. A heart-pounding thriller that's impossible to put down, this is Pearson's best to date. --Jane Adams
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This was my second Ridley Pearson book. Based on the very first one, I expected this one to be not only a good story but also to have a little depth. But while it was full of action and easy to read, it seemed to have no real substance. It was the mystery equivalent of a Harlequin romance. I will try Pearson again because the very first Lou Boldt book I read was pretty strong. But had I read this book very first I would likely not have read more.
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Nothing very special with this book. Publishing houses Weekly called it one of his best, and I just don't see it. It's a plot that's been done, and characters that were pretty bland for the most part.
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Cut and Run although certainly not the most realistic book in the world is a very enjoyable fast paced read. The action which starts in the prologue six years earlier keeps up for the duration of the novel. Whilst it is a little bit predictable how the book will end it is certainly not a boring time for the reader getting there. An enjoyable light read which you won't want to put down until the final page. Also check out Pearson's entry into the younger market which he co authored with humorous author Dave Barry. These adventures are the prequel series to J. M. Barrie's classic tale Peter Pan. The very first book in that series is the sensational Peter and the Starcatchers. In fact the high quality of those novels is the reason I decided to check out Pearson's adult work with this novel being my first. Although Cut and Run isn't the greatest novel ever written it is good and enjoyable enough that I will continue to explore his adult fiction titles.
In Cut and Run, Justice Department officer Roland Larson does the very thing those in the witness protection scheme are instructed not to, he fell in love with and had an affair with a witness named Hope Stevens. After she was nearly killed in his custody she flees the scheme and goes into hiding on her own practically disappearing from the face of the earth. Six years later and the list of the details of everyone who has ever been on the witness protection program are stolen and the chief suspect is the very man Hope was supposed to testify against and still could if she ever turned up. Put in charge of tracking down the list before it is sold to the highest bidder of organised crime Larson can't help himself from trying to track down the woman he has been infatuated with since the night he spent with her. When he does eventually track Hope down he learns the situation is even more personal than he could have ever thought.
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With Cut and Run, Ridley Pearson takes a break from his Lou Boldt series, but fortunately for his readers, that does not mean that Pearson is slacking off. Cut and Run is a nice little thriller that keeps things moving at a nice pace from beginning to end.
The novel starts with a prologue in which U.S. Marshal Roland Larson is part of a group of feds protecting Hope Stevens, whose testimony could inflict major damage on the Romero crime family. Despite their circumstances, the two have fallen in love, but their brief affair ends after Larson barely foils an assassination endeavor and she is swept into the anonymity of witness protection.
Six years later, the Romero family has infiltrated the Witness Protection program and acquired a complete list of all the witnesses along with the programmer who created the program. There is encryption to deal with, but that may only be days away from being broken. Larson is called into the case and tries to track down Hope, who now apparently has a daughter, Penny. Penny is five years old, and Larson can quickly do the math to determine that he is most likely the father.
Tracking down Hope is not that difficult, but Penny is kidnapped by Paolo, a twisted killer who works for the Romeros. What follows is a series of cat-and-mouse chases and fights, culminating in a showdown in Seattle (in which Boldt series character John LaMoia has a cameo appearance).
There are little problems with the story, especially with Penny, who sometimes appears to be the most gifted five-year-old on the planet, but overall, Pearson has put together a winner that fits the classic definition of a page-turner and as a standalone novel, is a great introduction to a good writer.
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The plot is mechanical and unoriginal. It has characters of no interest and it manipulates the reader shamelessly, even by the standards of the genre (sweet little girl kidnapped by killer whose MO is to slit people's throats with a straight razor). Did I mention that the killer beats up and rapes his victims before killing them, but can't bring himself to harm little girls?
But what really stands out is how badly Pearson writes: "He didn't speak any of this, didn't voice his concerns, but he clearly wore them on his face, for she grew pale, turning away from the wind and him along with it." And this gem: "A night-light came on unexpectedly. Blinding him. Markowitz's grandson, dressed in cowboy pajamas, cowered. But it was he who'd turned it on."
Don't bother with this piece of trash, for you'll regret it.
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