- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; First edition edition (20 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340752327
- ISBN-13: 978-0340752326
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,371,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'There are many money/law/drug-linked thrillers but this page-turner has the added ingredient of a family drama, making it appealing to both genders. It's an interesting debut, much enjoyed by my reader.' -- Bookseller 20050923 'There are many money/law/drug-linked thrillers but this page-turner has the added ingredient of a family drama, making it appealing to both genders. It's an interesting debut, much enjoyed by my reader.' -- Bookseller 20050923
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This title is an outstanding debut thriller for an exceptional new talent. James Carroll only meant to do one deal to get to film school. But it went wrong. Now he owes GBP30,000 to drug-dealer Roger Oates. Just a year of quiet business away from retiring with his beloved family to his dream home in Honolulu, Roger knows this is no time to let anyone get away with anything. So if James can't pay, his parents must. But Francis Carroll has put everything he has into a project that will finally bring him the success he craves. He simply cannot afford to bail out his son. And his ambitious wife Rachel wants a baby - while his dangerously alluring first wife wants him back. It's no good asking them. Everyone wants to keep a grip: on their money and their jobs; on their dreams. But something's got to give. Written with terrific verve and a sharp eye for the details of human behaviour, "Grip" is a roller-coaster ride of suspense and surprises.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast paced and very funny,
By Pat Potter (Essex) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Grip (Paperback)
I raced through this book, which has the fast pace and devious criminals of a classic thriller, but some well-spoken middle-class types as its heroes. The contrast leads to some very funny passages, which together with the vivid background of a London summer and a series of genuinely unexpected twists makes for a gripping read.
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This review is from: Grip (Paperback)
Despite a couple of areas of dark humour this is a standard thriller about 5 characters linked to a drug deal, how it went wrong and the subsequent attempts to get a grip on the situation.
I must admit that I didn't like the story to start off with as the main characters were upper middle class twits and despite their education made some incomprehensibly stupid decisions. I ended up cheering on the gangster! However despite this I began to get into the book after the first 100 pages. Then I found it a very well written thriller and it kept me hooked until the very end.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Above average.,
By Puzzle box "smockey_421" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Grip (Paperback)
I don't usually like reading crime novels but this book was O.k. some parts were a bit lame and boring but there were several twists and turns that I didn't expect that made it slightly interesting but I prefer reading horror. James Carrol makes a deal with a drug dealer named Roger Oates to get into film school but he then he later gets into alot of trouble since he owes Roger 30,000 pounds and he also needs to save his parents and blah blah blah, the book was halfway decent and I only recommend this to people who like to read suspenseful crime novels.
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