Death Run

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A mafia banker wants to defect and give evidence against his former bosses, and John Chance's boss Ardman is handling the exchange. But when the criminals realise they might be able to get at Chance by getting at his children, Rich and Jade, the twins find themselves in the firing line.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 6-9-This second in a series about twins who assist their British spy dad seems ridiculous on the face of it. However, if readers can get past the first chapter, they will be sucked in and taken on a roller-coaster ride until the somewhat fantastical ending. Jade and Rich Chance are on holiday in Venice when they must tie up the mystery of who has been following them around the city since their father helped a Swiss accountant escape from his mob employers. Back in England, their adventures continue. International crime rings, kidnapping, money laundering, a mysterious crime lord, and a remote Scottish castle all play a part in the nonstop action. The brothers must help their father figure out who the crime boss is and rescue their new math teacher before huge sums of money are lost. Amazingly, the crime syndicate always seems to be one step ahead of them. Some willing suspension of disbelief is necessary, and the protagonists seem a little younger and less gutsy than Alex Rider, but teens who are enjoying Anthony Horowitz's and Ally Carter's books will get a kick out of Jade and Rich as well.-Robin Henry, Griffin Middle School, Frisco, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Readers who enjoyed the high-speed spy action of Sure Fire (2007) will find more of the same in this helter-skelter sequel, as intrepid teenage twins Rich and Jade are pitched along with their laconic secret-agent dad into a desperate effort to protect a mild-mannered banker from international crime bosses. Thanks to frequent explosions, kidnappings, car wrecks, hails of gunfire, and breathless, spectacularly destructive chases through the streets of Venice, the classrooms of a British country school, and the stone halls of a Scottish castle, the pace never falters. The violence is a bit offhand for tales at this level, and Richards (creator of the Invisible Detectives series) and adult thriller writer Higgins don't expend much effort on internal logic but it's an enjoyable romp nonetheless, with the twins repeatedly getting each other out of jams, the parental cavalry bursting in when needed, and just deserts dealt out all around in the end.--Peters, John Copyright 2008 Booklist