Mike Bennett is an NYPD Detective with experience in negotiating with kidnappers holding hostages, among other things. This story begins with Mike negotiating the release of a family being held at gunpoint by a young punk drug gangster. He successfully talks the guy out of the house and gets him to drop his gun and then the guy shot in the head and killed by a sniper. It is not a police sniper but the mob of onlookers doesn’t know that and they think the NYPD has cold-bloodedly killed one of their own. Not good publicity for the NYPD but Mike hardly has time to think about that before he is drawn into the investigation to catch a serial killer.
A man who lets himself be known as “The Teacher” is walking into very high class eateries and clothing stores and coldly gunning down those who are either member of or serving the elite rich folks of upper class New York. He eventually sends his mission statement to the New York Times wherein he states that he intends to teach every one in the world to be better persons and not rude persons. He is very offended by people who bother others by talking on their cell phones in restaurants or look down on others who are not also rich, stuff like that. In a very short few days the man murders one person after another and Mike is tasked by the police commissioner and the Mayor of New York to find this guy and put a stop to the killing.
Mike manages to connect the killings together and finally track the guy down but then the guy kidnaps Mike and one of his children threatening them both. In the exciting ending Mike is forced to fight it out with this psychopath inside the cockpit of a Cessna in flight to prevent him from flying the plane into the apartment of a very rich man who he wishes to destroy. Mike manages to interrupt the man’s control of the plane and get it out over the bay where he loudly demands that the Air Force Jet fighter that has been dogging them shoot him down.
Mike survives the resulting crash and gets joined back with his happy family. There is a warm celebration and all live happily ever after.
“Run For Your Life” is typically exciting and entertaining and rates a 9 of 10 on the Weaver meter.
