The Midnight House
Written by Alex Berenson
Narrated by George Guidall
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deceivers delivers a gripping John Wells thriller that takes readers into the darkest shadows of a silent war…
One morning, a former CIA agent is shot to death in the street. That night, an army vet is gunned down in his doorway. The next day, John Wells gets a phone call. Come to Langley. Now.
The victims were part of an interrogation team that operated out of a secret base in Poland called the Midnight House, where they worked over the toughest jihadis, extracting information by any means necessary. Now Wells must find out who is killing them. Islamic terrorists are the likeliest suspects, and Wells is uniquely qualified to go undercover and find them. But the trail of blood leads him to a place he couldn't have imagined: Home.
Alex Berenson
Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter whose work led to federal indictments and billions of dollars in corporate fines. His bestselling, Edgar Award-winning John Wells spy novels have sold more than a million copies.
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Reviews for The Midnight House
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the fourth book in a series about John Wells, a CIA agent. This is the first of the series I have read. (I was provided a free copy for review through the First Reads program on GoodReads.com.) As a result of reading this one, I have bought three more in the series. I didn't encounter any problems as a result of not reading the previous books. There were a few blanks that I will get filled in later (i.e., what's the deal with Exeley? What's the story regarding Times Square? )John Wells is called in to investigate when members of a top secret interrogation team start dying. The story alternates with the present and Wells and his partner working the investigation and back top 2008 and the interrogation of prisoners at the Midnight House in Poland. I was not able to figure out who did the killings and why prior to the reveal. This book gets into some of the ethical issues surrounding the interrogation teams. Another book is coming out in the series -- "The Counterfeit Agent" -- and I really look forward to reading this one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5i love this guy but i have to admit the other three books were better. specially the first two. i don't know that i would have given it three 1/2 stars if i wasn't vested in one of the characters. it wasn't an overly original plot either. don't get me wrong i can't wait for another one but that's in the hopes it will be more like the first ones. i did like he flipped back and forth through time but it's the same story, something bad happened over there and now crap's happening now over here kind of thing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5i love this guy but i have to admit the other three books were better. specially the first two. i don't know that i would have given it three 1/2 stars if i wasn't vested in one of the characters. it wasn't an overly original plot either. don't get me wrong i can't wait for another one but that's in the hopes it will be more like the first ones. i did like he flipped back and forth through time but it's the same story, something bad happened over there and now crap's happening now over here kind of thing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast paced thriller
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was far too much of a standard mystery than the thriller that I wanted to read. I also found the author's jumping from point of view to point of view character a bit distracting, especially as the chronological sequence of these narrative switches detracted rather than enhanced the story. I understand it was done to draw out the mystery, but it just didn't work for me.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alex Berenson brings his 'A' game with his latest book, the Midnight House. A ten-member interrogation team operate a secret base in Poland known as The Midnight House somewhat off the grid of normal CIA and Intelligence channels. Somebody is killing off this team one by one and CIA agent John Wells is out to find the murderer.The story keeps you turning pages as the reader discovers the secrets of the Midnight House and the motive of the person killing off the team.A good read!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5About an hour ago I finished The Midnight House, Berenson's fourth book in the John Wells saga.Must say I absolutely loved it but I have been a fan since the first book which I believe was The Faithful Spy.For me he writes intelligently and semi-fast paced that seems to suit my reading style.In short I would recommend this book to anyone who thinks there is always two sides to a story and that power corrupts.All in all a brilliant fourth book and I wait now for the fifth which I believe is to be titled The Secret Soldier.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A real page turner. This book is about a CIA unit during the mid-2000s that took in and interrogated prisoners at a secret facility in Poland. Years later, the members of this unit begin to turn up dead.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A tour of a very cynical, brutal secret world. Everyone has done something evil, except some are even worse than others. Slightly hypocritical in that the hero has an attack of morality, as he functions at his most violent capacity. Yet, like a black widow spider, you're held in thrall watching these despicable people do their dirty deeds. If this is what the CIA is like, God help us.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5good book. makes you realize how deceitful our government really is. They are able to cover up anything and no one is the wiser.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First and foremost, Berenson is an excellent writer. His deft novels really shine in a genre that prefers sensational plots to good writing. Fortunately, Berenson delivers plots that don't take a back seat to any, along with the writing chops to make the reading experience pleasurable.The tone of The Midnight House isn't really suited to a climactic gun battle, although there is no shortage of tense episodes. Instead, it's more akin to the movie "Courage Under Fire" (absent the Rashomon angle). A sad story is slowly revealed. The resolution is neither surprising nor shocking, but overall, it's satisfying and authentic.I think Berenson's first novel, The Faithful Spy, is one of the best of its kind. It would be hard to match that, much less top it. His subsequent novels haven't quite reached the same heights, but they're pretty close.The Midnight House is, in some ways, a departure from the previous novels, but it's also very consonant with them too. This matches the American national mood fairly closely, I think.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5John Wells, main character in Alex Berenson novels, is currently recharcing his energy.He's called back from his time away from the CIA and ordered to Langley. He's told that two members of a ten-member interrogation unit who operated out of a secret loaction in Poland called the Midnight House have been killed within the last twenty-four hours.These interrogators were known to use the harshest treatment on their hardened jihadis, to get the information that they possessed.When authorities checked, all but three of the people in the unit have died within a short time and the other deaths become questionable.Wells is asked to go undercover, find out who is killing the members of the unit, why they are being killed and stop the killer.Berenson has written excellent novels in the past and I enjoy his writing but in this novel, he assumed that the reader is familiar with Wells' background because there is little character development. As a result, Wells comes across as one dementional and uninteresting.The subject of torture on hardened jihadis has been done and isn't the unique story that it once was.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Berenson never disappoints. The Midnight House is a mix of spy thriller, personal relationships, action and military intrigue. The story moves between past and current events smoothly and without losing the thread. Very good read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Midnight house, Alex Berenson's fourth spy novel featuring CIA super-agent John Wells, continues his action-packed yet sophisticated take on the sprawling War on Terror and its frightening collateral consequences. Here Wells is called upon to investigate the serial murders of a disbanded eleven-member interrogation squad, whose well-financed torture methods were designed to break terrorists in a secret Polish military prison without traceability to its backers in the Pentagon and three-letter-agencies. The FBI is already on the case, and it is clear to Wells and his supervisor, Ellis Shafer, that they are being asked to conduct a parallel investigation to further some political agenda well above their pay grades. As with the previous Wells novels, the writing is first rate, and Berenson's knowledge of the military and intelligence community allows him to maintain a realistic, authentic feel throughout. The plot, however, suffers from being part thriller, part mystery, with chapters alternating between Wells's present-day investigation of the murders and flashbacks seen through the eyes of those involved in the interrogations. The effect is a hodgepodge of scenes in which the reader knows more than the investigator Wells, diminishing the intensity and fluidity that could have been achieved by holding true to either the thriller or mystery format. Even so, this is a timely, entertaining novel that highlights the psychological toll that torture techniques exact on prisoners and interrogators alike.