NIGHT RIVER, by Hugh MacMullan
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NIGHT RIVER, by Hugh MacMullan
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The world of NIGHT RIVER is one in which the moon shines on a big blue-collar river while men blow things up for money, good cops toil alongside the corrupt, newspapers refuse to retract lies, human resource departments rule firms with arcane bureaucracy, and twin sisters just might be true opposites. Behold Ryan O’Brian: naively anticipating a rewarding post-Marine Corps career when civilian life pokes him in the eye and transforms him into a person of unpremeditated action.
NIGHT RIVER, by Hugh MacMullan- Amazon Sales Rank: #493783 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-23
- Released on: 2015-06-23
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Hugh MacMullan is a father, husband, fisherman, sailor, storyteller and former Marine. He lives and writes in Swarthmore, PA.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Has Hugh MacMullan III come up with the new Travis McGee? By Rick O Has Hugh MacMullan III come up with the new Travis McGee ? The author likens his character, Ryan O’Brien, to John D. MacDonald’s famously admired salvage consultant. Really? But wasn’t McGee a U.S. Army vet, not the ex-Marine that O’Brien is? Didn’t McGee (I feel like I’m in Ireland) live on a houseboat while O’Brien lives on land and owns a small noisy sailboat? Okay, it’s close. But I think the author could develop his character into being a combination of Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt and Mickey Spillane’s PI Mike Hammer . Wow, that would be something. Since the author has now introduced us to Ryan O’Brien’s first adventure...where does he go from here?I can see O’Brien in future novels working with FBI agent Ayers, or becoming a PI and working with Detective Smyrl. There is no way that I see O’Brien working at Sam Barrett’s investment banking firm. Will Clemmie remain O’Brien’s girlfriend in future novels? Whatever the author chooses, I think he has to implement two characteristics for O’Brien in his future novels: Pick a weapon for O'Brien and stick with it (such as Mike Hammer and his Colt .45 named Betsy) and drop this Marine Corps theme (this coming from me, also a ex-Marine). The continuous reference to O’Brien’s Marine Corp background was starting to become a distraction to the story. That issue should be ‘put to bed’ in future novels (yes, I still love my idioms). I think the author is on track for success, but has to make some decisions about his character in the next novel.The story opens with Ryan O’Brien sailing the Delaware River at night with his dog, Smokey. He is days away from joining an investment banking company named Howell and Barrett after a four year stint in the Marine Corps. He hears yelling and sees lights from a nearby remote island called Chester Island. O’Brien sails to the Island to find out what’s going on. He gets captured by a man named Max, but overpowers him. Max tells O’Brien that he just screwed up a Homeland Security operation. The leader, known as ‘Bama, is on his way to Max. O’Brien decides to flee after his dog, Smokey, is apparently shot and killed. After he and his boat are fired upon, O’Brien swims across the Delaware River to safety. Wet, hungry and hurting, he comes to a church run by Rev. Jameson and Sister Alberta. They provide food and a bed.The next day, O’Brien talks to his uncle Ryan (is he going to be a permanent sidekick? why couldn’t he have a different name?) in Florida and the uncle says that he is coming up north to see if he can help find out what is going on. After Uncle Ryan comes from Florida, they try to go back to the island and retrieve Ryan O’Brien’s bullet riddled boat and tow it back to O’Brien’s boat club (the names are confusing and similar, so bear with me). But a female state trooper named Bardeaux arrests Ryan O’Brien because one of the men on the island was shot dead on the night in question and O’Brien’s driver’s license was found at the scene of the murder. Also she says that he resisted arrest.Bardeaux takes O’Brien downtown and turns him over to State Trooper Detective Smyrl. O’Brien tells the Detective the whole story and he kind of believes him. But Bardeaux will not drop the resisting arrest charges. O’Brien has to stay at the trooper headquarters overnight while Smyrl checks out his story. Bardeaux comes for O’Brien during the evening, but he hides in the ceiling. Was she there to kill him...is she working for the bad guys? This is just the beginning of Ryan O’Brien’s first adventure. The rest of the story is enjoyable, although somewhat predictable. I think Mr. MacMullan III needs to find a way to make the chapter endings more cliffhanging-like.While the story and plot were good, true excitement and suspense were missing for the most part. I think that if the author takes my advice from the first and second paragraphs and develops a perpetual character and adds a little pizzazz to his chapter endings...he just might have a hit on his hands. With that said, I do recommend this novel, but don’t expect it to be the 22nd Travis McGee novel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An ex-Marine, a boat, a big river and lots of stuff happening. By Willy Eckerslike Meet Ryan O’Brien, ex Marine. Meet Larke, his boat (reprised from the author’s first novel). Meet the stately Delaware River and Smokey the dog. Ryan (not Jack the CIA analyst) is hoping for a quiet period of reflection after his final tour of Afghanistan but that would make for a dull, introspective novel. Not surprisingly, in true Reacher style, he unintentionally gets embroiled in murder and sundry nefarious goings-on; definitely not dull and introspective.Not having read any of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee novels I cannot make comparisons with that oeuvre but there is certainly more than a passing resemblance to Lee Child’s splendid righter-of-wrongs and a distinctly Clancy’esque attention to detail. The narrative bowls along at a cracking pace with never a dull moment, the plot lines are well constructed, the conclusion satisfactorily tidy and the main & supporting dramatis personae are all well developed, consistent and distinctive characters – even (especially?) the boat and the river.A very well crafted novel by an author with a firm grip upon the language and the thriller genre, Night River could well be the start of a career defining series. Excellent stuff and I look forward to the next installment.In the interest of full disclosure, a free copy of the book was provided by the author in return for an honest and unbiased review.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A can't-put-it-down adventure By Neal Thurman A great summer page-turner. It took a little while for the story to warm up but once it took off I found myself doing everything I could to carve out time to get to the end and find out how it all turned out for our hero Ryan O'Brien. That's exactly what I want out of an action/thriller and that is what Night River delivered. The bonus was the obvious knowledge of and passion for sailing and the settings in and around the Delaware River and Philadelphia came through as well and provided a great backdrop to a fun story. I always enjoy books where the love someone has for something comes through to the point that it makes you wish that you were more interested and involved in that "something" and there are a few examples of that throughout Night River. I highly recommend giving it a read.
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