John Ives (1939–2018)
Author of Fear in a Handful of Dust
Works by John Ives
Miedo En Un Puñado De Polvo 4 copies
haat kent geen genade 2 copies
Electricity as a Medicine 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Garfield, Brian Wynne
- Birthdate
- 1939
- Date of death
- 2018
- Gender
- male
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Reviews
Marchand Woman: 2 by Ives
Great
I first saw this in my boat's (submarine) library in 1980 and picked it out for a read. I found it very entertaining and suspenseful. 36 years later I purchased a copy so I could re-read it. Any book that can stay with me for decades must be worth something. Oh, it's not perfect, but it does keep the pages turning.
Film director Carole Marchand’s son has just been kidnapped for the third time. The first two times weren’t as troubling, since Carole had abducted Robert herself—incidents in her hideous divorce. This time, the kidnappers are unknown killers, and Carole wants to know what her ex-husband Warren is going to do about it. Robert was in Mexico with the American ambassador when gunmen swarmed their convoy, taking the ambassador and snatching Robert up with him. As Robert disappears into Central America, Warren and his colleagues at the State Department turn up no leads. Because Robert wasn’t their actual target, his life has little value. When Carole receives word that Robert has been killed, she resolves to take revenge. If the government won’t help her, she will punish her child’s killers herself… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 37
- Popularity
- #390,572
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 14
- Languages
- 5