The Bannerman Effect (Bannerman Novels)

By John R. Maxim

Book Overview

A team of once-deadly government assassins led by Paul Bannerman has "retired" in the quiet, affluent town of Westport, Connecticut.All Bannerman and his people want is a normal life--but there are those who refuse to live and let live. The Bannerman Effect Former assassin Paul Bannerman knows that keeping a low profile is essential, but when he fell in love with the daughter of a legendary New York City cop, he broke his own unspoken rule. When Susan Lesko's life is threatened, the last of Bannerman's objectivity is shattered. Worst of all, his rage could blind Bannerman to an even graver threat that is operating in the shadows. The same covert government agency that disowned Bannerman and his people now plans to use them to test an experimental computer program designed to destroy criminal networks through strategically selected assassinations. The spooks have chosen Paul Bannerman and his operatives to be the guinea pigs in a potentially catastrophic experiment.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553285599
• ISBN13: 9780553285598
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

To set the record straight...

One reader claimed that the first 161 pages were a verbatim recap of the previous Bannerman book. That doesn't begin to be true. There is a recap, but almost none of it is verbatim because that action is seen from different, often sinister points of view by characters who made their first appearance in this book. The editor thought the recap was needed because this would be the first Bannerman book for many readers, and, because even the readers of the first one probably needed a reminder of who's who after waiting 18 months for this one to be published. The book was very favorably reviewed by people who had less trouble understanding that it's not so easy to do a sequal that balances the expectations of both old and new readers.

Bannerman Rules!

I have just finished "The Bannerman Effect" and wow, it is as good as "The Bannerman Solution". But I have a really strange problem, where are the others? I can't find them anywhere, but they must be out there somewhere, other reviews mention them as having been read. I also see in these two that they were published originally 10 years (+ or -) ago. Is the publisher running "The Ripper Effect" on us? How do I get them? rondoyle@instruction.com

I Want More

I have read all the Bannerman series and just discovered that he is much more prolific than I first thought. I have read other books he has written and liked them as much. I really would like to know if he will be writing more of the Bannerman series though. I thought one was supposed to come out about 2 or 3 years ago. Does anyone have any ideas?

Excellent books

The Bannerman books are excellent. Every character keeps you glued to the pages until the very end. Wish he would continue the series.

This book (as well as the whole series) is a top-notch.

I normally don't like spy stories. But all of the Bannerman novels (four in the series about Bannerman, one more that prequels Bannerman and is about Lesko) are the best! The characters are addicting, Maxim makes you want to become a covert-operative and go hang out with the Bannerman gang yourself. Find these books and read them!!