Zero Cool
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501216422 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 163 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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It’s that great mix of funny and suspense that unfolds a fun story for the readers." - Atomic Moo"Great delight to Crichton fans who are still mourning his 2008 passing." Geek Girl Project . "An equal amount of excitement and humor
AKA Michael Crichton John Lange wrote eight great novels in the 1960's then totally dropped out of sight. The reason is because John Lange was secretly Michael Crichton the best selling mainstream author of such blockbusters as Congo, Sphere and Jurassic Park.Zero Cool was released in 1969 the same year Crichton had The Andromeda Strain published his "first novel" under his own name.This like the other seven John Lange novels may not be a masterpiece but it an excellent fun romp of an action & mystery novel. Pretty woman and g. "Better Than Grave Descend" according to Jeff. I'm a big fan of Lange's Grave Descend, but this book is even better.This is the classic Hitchcock plot; ordinary guy gets caught up in a web of intrigue beyond his comprehension in 1950's Europe, principally Spain. No one is whom they seem to be, there's a beautiful woman who may be more than she seems, and event move faster and faster towards the close.What makes this better than the average noir story is the unfolding clues and sense of mystery as the protagonist, Peter Ross comes closer to the truth. T. Some fun, some flaws, moves fast enough to satisfy I like this better than the other John Lange/Michael Crichton books I have read because it is short and sticks to the plot. It's a mash-up of The Maltese Falcon and Charade with plot holes so large that it makes more sense to call it a few threads of plot stretched over a chasm of implausibility. The characters are thin, the dialog wooden and the non-scientific description missing in action.But it's clever and it moves fast and it has a lot of accurate historical and scientific detail. If you keep your exp
. 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 of his books which have been translated into 40 languages and adapted into 15 films. Long before the carefully researched techno-thrillers that ultimately brought him to fame, Crichton w
American radiologist Peter Ross just wanted a vacation. But when he meets the beautiful Angela Locke on a Spanish beach, he soon finds himself caught in a murderous crossfire between rival gangs seeking a precious artifact.From Barcelona to the rain-swept streets of Paris, from the towers of the Alhambra to its darkest catacombs, Peter Ross is an ordinary man in desperate circumstances: racing to uncover a secret lost for centuries, before he becomes its next victim.