- Paperback: 580 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; New edition edition (2 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751528900
- ISBN-13: 978-0751528909
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 228,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Thriller readers are a difficult group to seduce: they've read all the key titles (and their numerous progeny) and are quick to recognise over-familiar material. So when a new premise appears, it's a cause for celebration. Andrews' publishers must have been pleased to receive this manuscript, for this is a unique and interesting plot which is handled in prose possessing a frictionless energy. When a writer, Carl Granville, is hired by a mysterious source to synthesise an old diary, articles and letters into fiction, he is bemused by the quarter of a million dollars he will be paid for this task. Needless to say, that price tag has a reason: the pseudonymous Gideon's book on which he is working has more than bestseller potential--it articulates a profound evil and a long disguised cover-up by a clandestine and powerful figure. And when people near to Carl begin to die, his apartment is ransacked and his computer stolen, he finds himself both suspected by the authorities and in danger from nameless sources. There are echoes of Grisham here, but when Andrews throws off his influences, he shows that he can really let rip with a fresh and invigorating piece, garnished with some notably nasty villains. --Barry Forshaw
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'A fast-paced political thriller in the vein of The Pelican Brief' MICHAEL DOUGLAS 'A compelling page-turner' PHILLIP M MARGOLIN 'Pure reading entertainment as good as you'll ever find' CLIVE CUSSLER
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't put it down!,
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This review is from: Gideon (Paperback)
As with one of your other reviewers it was the cover that first caught my eye. The story itself did more than reinforce my decision to impulse buy. From start to finish I was hooked. You can feel the tension and anxiety and feel you are right there tagging along on the journey. I had a series of very late nights and early mornings with this as I simply couldn't put it down. The twists and turns are fantastic and it can't be long before someone thinks of turning it into a film. It's so good I have read it three times, something I have done with no other book. Look out for his second book, "Icarus". Not as good as this one but still well worth a read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Overated Thriller Falters,
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This review is from: Gideon (Paperback)
After an unclear prologue the story seemed to get going to a compulsive hungry action thriller, however halfway through the book the powerful events and pace collapsed as the charecters became thin and the dialogue poor. Russell Andrews prooves he has a sound knowledge of U.S Politics and a good business head , however as a novelist in this book, to me he lacked an original voice and his humour was dreary and cheesy borrowed from such stalwarts in the field as Lawrence Sanders and Douglas Kennedy.This is nowhere near the high quality of Grisham or Patterson.The story was to long with uneccecary deadwood . But at least it kept me hooked.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books I have ever read!,
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This review is from: Gideon (Paperback)
I buy books to read on the train on the way to work. Occasionally I will find a book that makes the journey enjoyable but with this book I couldn't wait to get on the train! It is well paced, exciting and keeps you guessing right to the surprising end. Definitely recommended.
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