White House

by David Hagberg

Book Overview

A bomb explodes at a Georgetown restaurant. It was meant for CIA operative Kirk McGarvey, but instead kills his French girlfriend and wounds his daughter. So McGarvey goes after the terrorists with a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312866828
• ISBN13: 9780312866822
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Read This One!

White House is another outstanding book from Hagberg. The book starts out with an assasination attempt on our hero Kirk McGarvey that results in the death of his French girlfriend and a serious injury to his daughter. You have a serious villain with Tawainese billionaire Joseph Lee and all of his hired guns. The integrity of the White House has been compromised adding to the problem.A space launch in Japan is another part of Lee's evil plans.As usual McGarvey has to run for his life. Another character named Renke is added to the storyline. He proves himself to be quite capable. The book is action packed from beginning to end. After you read it you will have to agree that MCgarvey is one of the premiere writers of today. Read this, this is a good book.

It's a keeper!

Since reading High Flight, I have been looking forward to the return of Kirk McGarvey as he continues to "do his thing" in getting rid of the bad guys and saving the world for the rest of us. I was not disappointed with White House. One sometimes thinks that McGarvey's escapes border on The Perils of Pauline and his accomplishments would make James Bond green with envy. The characters are well drawn, the plot is stimulating, and, at the end of the day, the evil have been dealt with, the corrupt have been weeded out and most of the good guys are still standing. The trip to there is worth the effort.

An exciting thriller

Loner Kirk McGarvey is a maverick who left the CIA due to an incident. Still he works as a free-lance operative for the agency killing individuals who threaten democracy. His wife divorced him, but his daughter Elizabeth wants to be a chip off the old block by accepting a CIA trainee slot.Kirk and his lover come to DC to see Elizabeth, but a passing car opens fire on the restaurant where the McGarvey party is eating. Kirk's mistress is dead and Elizabeth is injured. An angry Kirk accepts the position of acting Deputy Director of Operations for the agency. Meanwhile, in North Korea, a nuclear bomb explodes in an underground site. The intelligence community feels that North Korea possesses four more bombs that could cause havoc on Seoul and Tokyo. Someone does not want McGarvey involved even if it means killing him or abducting his former spouse and their daughter. Kirk goes into field knowing his life is on the line but willing to risk it because something very sinister is happening in Asia.The tortured Kirk McGarvey is a classic antihero who somehow gains the attention and fond attachment of the readers simply because the audience simply likes this obstinate person. However, Kirk is no comic book Bond. The triangular love exchanged between him, his ex-wife, and their daughter bring forth a humanity that keeps him from totally going out in the cold. The story line chills the bones of the audience as the scenarios seem to have the potential of happening. Unlike most sub-genre tales where the action rules, the characters add depth to WHITE HOUSE and pumps the readers, adrenaline readings off the scales. David Hagberg puts the Thrill in a thriller. Harriet Klausner

Excellent thriller

Cleveland private investigator Milan Jacovich owes his life to Dr. Reginald Parker. Strangely it did not occur when the two were grunts in Nam as their paths never crossed in Southeast Asia. Instead, the high school principal rescued the sleuth in an East Cleveland crack house. Milan knows that he owes Reginald so when the educator calls in his chips, the detective responds. A former student, Jason Crowell attends Sherman College located in the western suburbs. An anonymous group, the Women Warriors, accuse Jason of rape, plastering flyers all over the campus. The media is playing the story. Milan agrees to look into the situation and learns some strange facts. No one knows who are the members of the female activist group. The alleged victim has never surfaced. Jason has always been squeaky clean and his sexual preference tends towards males. As the school administration wants to hang Jason as a sexual predator, a related murder occurs in which the freshman serves as the prime suspect. Milan believes the lad is innocent and plans to uncover the identity of the real killer. The Milan Jacovich mysteries remain an entertaining treat as they strip away the image of a burning Lake Erie and a rusted city to provide a tour of the real Cleveland. The latest novel, THE BEST-KEPT SECRET, is an interesting tale as Milan investigates the ugly atmosphere of a nearby campus. The story line seems far-fetched that Jason would come under such a blitz attack based on almost nothing. However, the fact that indiviudals serving hard time have been freed due to DNA testing prove otherwise. Les Roberts has kept fresh his down to earth sleuth in a tale that fans will enjoy.Harriet Klausner