Nine Lives Too Many

By John F. Rooney

In this mesmerizing thriller, Denny Delaney, a cop struggling with alcoholism, is on the hunt for a terrorist nicknamed Felix the Cat, who stages nine ingenious strikes that demoralize the country. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0975275682
• ISBN13: 9780975275689
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Senneff House Publishers
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

great book and very entertaining

Well written. Should be made a movie. It is entertaining

It Bit Me

Though the writing in places is rough, this book bit me with its rawness. It was hard to put down for long. John F. Rooney explores the psychology of a terrorist who is willing to bomb innocents in the name of an unnamed cause, and the thoughts of the American public reeling from the effects. How can this happen? How do they do it? What is the motivation? Rooney explores these questions in the nine lives of "Felix the Cat". Parts of the story are seen through enemy eyes--just enough to tantalize. Most of the story is seen from the perspective of a flawed police officer, Denny Delaney. His personal struggles with alcoholism, family illness and a looming divorce hinder his ability to do the job. The raw emotions of 9-11 permeate the story and provide a urgency for Delaney to overcome his failings. The way Rooney kept placing Delaney in bars as a storytelling device was awkward. Those scenes did not advance the plot but injected a social commentary without all the political correctness everyday life. Delaney is no great intellectual, but he still chews over the political issues of the day, the failings of the FBI and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This action-packed adventure reads quickly. Keep an eye out for more in the Denny Delaney series.

Nine Lives Hits All the Bases

The GOP convention is coming up in Manhattan. Wait until the delegates read this book. They'll quake in their boots. A terrorist homicide bomber strikes Grand Central Station, and all hell breaks loose. The bomber is called Felix the Cat, a cunning extremist and a failed screenwriter. His adversary is Denny Delaney, a New York detective fighting his own demons, alcoholism and an inability to connect with his wife Monny. This book is a grabber; it'll keep you up at night turning pages as Felix and Denny duel in a battle to the death through Felix's nine lives, his nine assaults in New York and Washington, D.C. Felix is fascinating, and Manhattan comes through as a character more than merely a setting. This is a page-turner, a great read. Don't miss it!

Not many first novels rate 5 stars, but this one does

I've read many first novels, but this is certainly one of the best I've encountered."This is a violent and unsettling novel about terrorists, a cautionary tale, but also the deeply moving personal story of a conflicted police detective." says a blurb from an editorial review. A very good description. Certainly it is unsettling, and "violent" is no exaggeration.The protagonist is Sgt. Denny Delaney, NYPD, who is assigned to security at Grand Central Station. He has a drinking problem which has estranged him from his beautiful wife, Monica, and he is threatened with suspension without pay for his drinking problem by his friend and supervisor, Big Mac.The antagonist is "Felix the Cat," a middle easterner, Muslim and Palestinian sympathizer who hates Americans and Israelis. He is also a wannabe film writer, who is writing his Opus Magnus with actual events: he is staging his plot with bombing events, killing hundreds of New Yorkers, ala the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.This is a well-written thriller. The author, like the protagonist, is of Irish descent, judging by his surname, and both favor vodka martinis--the author, in moderation. according to his biography. He has a Masters from Columbia, and is an excellent writer as well as a great story teller--perhaps a result of the Irish in him. I predict a fine future for him. This book would make a great movie.I want to read his next one, which I'm told will be a spy story. I can't wait!Joseph (Joe) Pierreauthor of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenanceand other books