Midnight Runner

At the end of Higgins' electrifying novel Edge of Danger, the murderous Arab/English Rashid family lay decimated -- but not extinct. For British agent Sean Dillon, that may have been a fatal error. After her brothers are killed one by one, the beautiful and fabulously wealthy Lady Kate Rashid swears vengeance on all who have harmed her family. Never mind the acts of villainy they perpetrated or attempted -- they were her brothers, and her enemies would pay. Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, the President of the United States himself . . . their time was coming, and only she knew how -- or when. The powerful and fabulously wealthy Rashid family is down but not out. British agent Sean Dillon and his associates killed the three Rashid brothers, who were attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. But Kate Rashid has taken up the reins and has wicked plans of her own -- including Dillon's demise and a devastating interruption of the world's oil supply Jack Higgins's previous novel Edge of Danger, introduced readers to the murderous Arab-English Rashid family. Now, in Midnight Runner, agent Sean Dillon must prepare for the worst. The family is back in business-and under the control of oil heiress Kate Rashid, now the richest woman in the world... British agent Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, and even the president of the United States are enemies to Lady Kate Rashid, who swears vengeance on all who harm her family A member of a half-Arab, half-British family that tried unsuccessfully to assassinate the president of the United States swears vengeance on her enemies