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Faceoff (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)
Faceoff - Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series
Author: David Baldacci
A New York Times Bestselling Author In an unprecedented collaboration edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci, twenty-three of the world's bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers have paired their series characters in a one-of-a-kind eleven-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers. Prepare...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781410472731
ISBN-10: 1410472736
Publication Date: 10/29/2014
Pages: 546
Edition: Lrg
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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What would happen if Dorothy and the Scarecrow visited Narnia? How about James Bond assisting the Impossible Missions Force, or perhaps rubbing shoulders with Mossad legend Gabriel Allon? Such crossovers can occasionally be worked out, but are typically impossible due to having to get the various writers together, and worse, getting their PUBLISHERS to cooperate with each other.

Enter the International Thriller Writers. As a fund-raiser for the organization, they DID manage to get authors to collaborate on putting their characters together in a short story. SO ... Raymond Khoury's Sean Reilly can meet Linwood Barclay's Glen Garber. Lee Child and Joseph Finder can tell of the time Jack Reacher met Nick Heller. Lucas Davenport's and Lincoln Rhyme's joint investigation can finally be told by their creators, John Sandford and Jeffrey Deaver. Ian Rankin's John Rebus and Peter James' Roy Grace can both find themselves on the same case (my favorite story in the book, I admit). And in the one of the most bizarre pairing I could imagine, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child can pit Pendergast against R.L. Stine's Slappy, the Ventriloquist Dummy.

I found that some stories worked well, while others were a stretch. (Most readers may feel the same thing, but have different stories in their own plus and minus columns.) However, it's an admirable effort to even TRY to accomplish what the authors and their organization were able to put together, and it's worth a read. You will have the opportunity to read a new, untold adventure of some of your favorite characters, and perhaps be exposed to some you were unfamiliar with, as well.

RATING: 3 1/2 stars, rounded up to 4 stars.


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