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Hot Pursuit Kindle Edition

by Roderick Thorp (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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From the author of Nothing Lasts Forever, the basis for the movie Die Hard, comes a heart-pounding thriller!
 
When a young coast guard lieutenant commander, Sam Merrill, finds a “ghost” yacht full of one billion dollars’ worth of gold, money, and contraband, he becomes a national sensation and the poster boy for America’s war on drugs. As a reward, the government sends Sam and his wife, Amy, on an all-expenses-paid vacation to the Bahamas. Sam’s newfound fame becomes a nightmare when Amy is kidnapped not long after they arrive in the tropical paradise. Sam is confronted with the pursuit of his life, fighting to save Amy and ultimately himself as he faces death-defying challenges at every turn and a drug kingpin named Chino who will stop at nothing to see him dead. 
 
In way over his head, outgunned, and outnumbered when the chase leads him to Cartagena, Sam has to overcome overwhelming odds as he races against time to figure out why his wife was kidnapped and where she is being held—and save her from bad guys who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
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Roderick Thorp is the author of The Detective, Rainbow Drive, and Nothing Lasts Forever, the basis for the movie Die Hard. He has worked as a private detective and done extensive crime reporting, including a twenty-one-part series on cocaine traffic in Southern California, which was published in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Thorp’s other novels include Into the Forest, Dionysus, Slaves, The Circle of Love, Westfield, Jenny and Barnum, Devlin, and River.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00LAN4YHG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (July 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1986 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 190 pages
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Newt Gingrich
5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably intense and inventive
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019
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Thorp had an amazing ability to tell stories that got inside you and made you keep reading them. This one could easily be a movie with the intensity of die hard. It is amazing that this is the unedited version since Thorp died shortly after finishing the draft.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Action, Adventure, and Suspense
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2016
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Hot Pursuit is lite action/adventure fun

Hot Pursuit written by Roderick Thorp in 1995 has not been published before he died in 1999. This version is from the original manuscript with no revisions. Thorp is well known for three of his books made into movies, Die Hard being the most famous.
In Hot Pursuit Sam Merrill, a Coast Guard Lieutenant, is called out to investigate an abandoned ship that is suspect. It turns out the yacht is full of contraband and money. Sam is not comfortable with how the vessel appears and conditions, no heavy weather but the rescue is made. Merrill and his wife are rewarded for the recovery by the government with to an all-expenses paid vacation. There begins the tale!
The action is fast-paced and the novel quite short. It is a bit dated written over twenty years ago. If you are looking for a quick thriller that has mystery, intrigue, kidnapping, and much more, then the book is for you. I received a copy from Open Road Integrated Media in return for an honest opinion. There are many twists and turns in the story but parts of it may not appeal to all readers. The novel is a fast read and I would recommend it with four stars. Thank you Open Road for the opportunity to read this book.
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Joseph C. Clifford MD
1.0 out of 5 stars Thorpe's nadir
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016
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Grossly disappointing . So amateurish, skeptical that Thorpe really wrote it!
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Macy Twain
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss It!
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
Coast Guard Lieutenant Sam Merrill was having a run-of-the-mill kind of day, and this call seemed to be much of the same. Much of the same, that is, until he saw the condition of the vessel.

“A boat this size in this condition made no sense. There had been no heavy weather in the water for a month. No running lights, no signs of movement cutting through the faintly phosphorescent mist. And it was dead in the water. In what looked like the only fresh paint on the vessel, black letters spelling G H O S T were spread across the fantail. No home port, another oddity for a boat of this type. It looked like a set-up.”

Following the blaring headlines of, “COAST GUARD NETS BILLION DOLLAR DRUG HAUL!” Sam and his wife, Amy, are swept off to an all-expenses paid vacation, courtesy of the government. Major news outlets were calling him a hero, and Sam was feeling very much the fraud, trying to figure that one out. Even the President of the United States of America gave them a verbal send off of, “a much-deserved vacation” to the Bahamas.

What the heck?!

A set-up, indeed.

As Sam escapes the “autograph hounds” and heads upstairs to their room, Amy continues her lap swimming. Exiting the elevator, it takes him a minute to comprehend that he’s hearing muffled screams. He races to his room, only to find the door already partially open.

“He could see through to the balcony, where one of the white-clad German-looking men was leaning over the railing, looking down. The screams were louder, clearer. How me any others were there? How many had he seen enter the elevator? Merrill had to do something quickly- now! If these guys were in their room, their partners were after Amy downstairs.”

During his struggles with the three men in his room, Sam’s fears were confirmed. “…….finally saw Amy in the middle of the pool struggling with the other three.” Finishing off the last of the three men in his room after trying to get him to tell where they were taking her, Sam races downstairs.

He was too late……………….

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So, I was reading through my email and came across an invitation to review a title from Open Road Integrated Media. Apparently, they also use Net Galley, “……….. a service to promote titles to professional readers of influence.” :lol: {yep, I’m still giggling :) } And you know I never turn down a freebie book to review, so I was more than happy to accept the title.

The foreword of this book is engaging. I learned that the author, Roderick Thorp, had three of his books made into movies, including the iconic Die Hard. This manuscript for this title was written in 1995; the last before his death in 1999. It had not been published prior to his death, and as a result, there were no revisions. This book, as is, is exactly what Roderick Thorp wrote.

And it is spellbinding.

I haven’t read a book that I could not put down in a really long time. Sure, there were others I didn’t want to put down, but eventually got too sleepy and sleep won.

But this book? No way. I was up until the wee hours of the morning to finish this one. My heart was pounding, and I really wished I could read faster. I was exhausted the next day, but it was so, so well worth it. I haven’t been smitten with a book like this in a really long time; maybe ever.

Anyhow. If mystery, intrigue, kidnapping, deviant behavior with a hint of government conspiracy is your cup of tea, get to drinking this one asap! You will NOT be sorry!

Even though I don’t have to rate this one or leave a review anywhere, I am giving it 5 out of 5 stars and most definitely WILL. Don’t miss it!
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Gabby Hayze
5.0 out of 5 stars Roderick Thorp does it again!
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2014
I received an ARC from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review. **Hot Pursuit** is published by Open Road Integrated Media. The book was written by Roderick Thorp in 1995. At the time of Thorp's death in 1999, the book had not been sold; however, Judy Coppage had not forgotten about **Hot Pursuit**, and after contacting Thorp's son, she was able to get a copy of the manuscript. One of Thorp's best known stories was the basis for the movie **Die Hard**, and **Hot Pursuit** follows in the tradition of that edge-of-your-seat thriller. Open Road Media is publishing this book as it was written without the benefit of editing. From some authors, this would be a difficult publication to sell because of the lack of an editor's discerning eye. Such is not the case for Hot Pursuit. This book can stand up to a reader's criticism because of Thorp's talent in writing suspense, action, and nail-biter moments.

The novel begins with Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Sam Merrill about to board what appears to be an abandoned ship with the word "*Ghost*" painted on its side. A thorough search of the ship nets the Coast Guard a billion dollar drug haul. What follows is a media circus complete with a Senate Committee Hearing as well as a flurry of activity around Sam Merrill who eventually is billed as a hero. No one thinks to question how this abandoned ship came to be so easily found. It was just sitting there in the water waiting for the right authorities to stumble upon it. Although Sam has doubts about how the scenario unfolded, he is kept too busy with media attention to sit down and carefully think through how this all happened, and why it happened to him. After a few weeks of attention, Sam is beginning to feel like a fraud, and some of the strain of the demands made on his time begins to affect his marriage. Finally it is decided that Sam and his wife, Amy, are going to take a well deserved vacation in the Bahamas. That's when both Sam and Amy are kidnapped and taken to two different locations. No one knows who kidnapped them, and no one suspects what the kidnappers want for the return of the husband and wife, IF they ever are to be returned.

This story has movie adaptation written all over it. It has action and suspense, as well as a hefty role for the woman who is Sam's wife. While the love story between Sam and Amy is not the central issue to the story, it is important, and their relationship is written with a strong bond between them which helps make the story open to another layer of intensity. While the ending does have some credibility issues, that's what thrillers are all about... Thorp seemed to instinctively know how to write the fine line between what could conceivably happen and what was impossible. In addition, his characters had more depth than is often missing in the thriller genre in my experience.

We lost a great entertainment writer when Roderick Thorp died. His final work, **Hot Pursuit**, is a tribute to his talent.
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Gwar
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2022
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