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by Michael Robotham (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere (3 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751534781
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751534788
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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'We enter the paranoid world of Detective Ruiz: found floating in the Thames, bullet-ridden, unable to recall events ... The trick, in this gritty London-based thriller, is to fathom how Ruiz became embroiled in such shady dealings although, rest assured, you'll be kept guessing until the end' WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY


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A lost child. A shattered past. A life going under ...Vincent Ruiz is lucky to be alive. A bullet in the leg, another through the hand, he is discovered clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, losing blood and consciousness fast. It takes six days for him to come out of his coma, and when he does, his nightmare is only just beginning. Because Vincent has no recollection of what happened, and nobody believes him. A mile away from his body, a boat was found covered in blood -- Vincent's and that of three others. Forensics say at least one of them must be dead. Vincent, a police detective, had signed his service pistol out of the station armoury, despite being on leave. Many murder suspects fake amnesia, and the investigating team are not sure this case is any different ...The only clue is a picture in his pocket, a photograph of a young girl, Mickey Carlyle, who disappeared three years ago. And though Mickey is presumed dead, Vincent has the nagging doubt that she is alive and in terrible danger ...
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars FOUND, DISCOVERED, UNCOVERED, 17 Jun 2005
This review is from: Lost (Hardcover)
I heard about this guy in dispatches - the new hot thriller writer on the block. I'm always wary of the hype but for once you can believe it. 'LOST' is intelligent, moving, funny, tense and absorbing.

Inspector Vincent Ruiz is a heart breaking hero, haunted by past failures. A missing girl, Mickey Carlyle, comes to symbolise all the other missing children in his life. If he can find Mickey he can make up for all those he couldn't save.

So much happens in this book, I won't even begin to elaborate on the plot. It is enough to emphasise the sheer quality of the writing and the richness of the characters. I'm off to buy Robotham's first book. This guy is a keeper!

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the first, 14 Nov 2005
This review is from: Lost (Hardcover)
Having read Suspect (Robotham,s previous novel) could not wait to read Lost,was not disapointed.Plot keeps you wanting to read more, the characters are beliveable. Suspect revolved round Joe a clinical psychologist who meets Ruiz through investagations into a murder case, Lost revolves round Ruiz who turns to joe who now has become a friend for advise.Anyone who has read suspect will enjoy this follow up.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Award winning performance, 21 Jul 2006
By Untouchable (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost (Paperback)
After delivering a pulsating debut thriller with The Suspect and introducing us to a couple of characters in Dr Joseph O'Loughlin and DI Vincent Ruiz , who are as opposite to one another as you would want to meet, Michael Robotham has followed up with Lost another riveting thriller.

Lost carries on with O'Loughlin and Ruiz again featuring very prominently. But Robotham has performed a sneaky little switch. In The Suspect, the story was told from the first person perspective of Joe O'Loughlin, a clinical psychologist who had recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The first person perspective is again used in Lost, but this time, the story is being told by Vincent Ruiz and Ruiz is a much more abrasive, in your face character with a very dry sense of humour.

The story opens as Ruiz is being pulled out of the Thames. He is in a pretty bad way thanks in large part to the bullet that had passed through his leg. He wakes from surgery to find that he has no memory of the incident or of the week leading up to it.

With the help of friend and clinical psychologist Dr Joseph O'Loughlin, Ruiz can piece together enough details to work out that he was working on the disappearance of 8 year old Mickey Carlyle and he was on the Thames to make a kidnapping payoff. The problem with this scenario is that the Mickey Carlyle case was closed 3 years ago and a man is already in prison for the young girl's murder. From what he can gather he has been working the case alone, independent of the police department, a fact that has made him extremely unpopular with his superiors.

Set at a reasonably moderate pace, Lost is shrouded in mystery as the majority of the storyline focuses on the frustration of Ruiz as he struggles with memories that lie just out of reach. Bit by bit he retraces his steps with the excitement provided by unsuccessful attempts made on his life.

Robotham writes with an easy, practiced style that combines the intensity of extreme danger with a witty, dry delivery. It's intense and relentless providing an engrossing story with an unknown element that remains in place right up until the final few chapters.

Lost won the 2005 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (the Australian equivalent the Edgar Awards) and delivers an outstanding thriller with complex characters, pressure coming from both within the police force and from a dangerous unknown assailant and a strong unexpected ending. This is a very satisfying novel that I found compulsive reading and would recommend it to all psychological thriller fans.
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I really enjoyed this book, it was a page turner and ripped along at a good pace. Unfortunately I bought LOST and DROWNING MAN at the same time and it turned out they were the... Read more
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