A kidnapped child in Manhattan Energy analyst Mark Wallace had it all - a top job in Wall Street, a loving wife and two beautiful children. But when his twelve-year-old son was snatched off the street, the family was ripped apart by grief. A terrorist attack in Russia Seven years later, Mark is still rebuilding his marriage and career when an explosion on a Russian pipeline shocks the oil industry. On the very same day, Mark receives a startling new lead in the case of his missing son. Is the timing a coincidence? Or could the kidnappers be linked to the pipeline? A conspiracy on a global scale...As the oil crisis on wall street spirals out of control, Mark frantically delves deeper in his search for answers. Aided by his computer-hacker daughter and still-grieving wife, he must unearth the connection between a looming energy war and his family's tragedy - before it's too late.
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Just now and then a new thriller comes along that knocks your socks off, a book that fizzes with energy and comes complete with a plot to die for, characters that you care about and a denouement that forces that breath out of your body... Taut as a wire, this is the best debut thriller I've read this year - by a country mile
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Lee Vance is a graduate of Harvard Business School and a retired general partner of Goldman Sachs Group. He and his family lived in London for eight years before returning home to New York City, where he now lives with his wife and three children.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By J. Grussing
Format:Hardcover
Literally could not put the second half down and finished just as the Gatwick Express was rolling into Victoria.
Lost count of the number of twists and turns to the plot. Lots of sudden reversals and surprises with plenty of build up along the way.
I work in the financial industry and it all rang true. But book is also very accessible in the way it explains some of the forces at work on Wall Street without gumming up the plot.
The first person narration was a bit of a jolt when leaving the prologue but actually worked extremely well given the tragedy and adventures that Mark Wallaces faces.
Lost count of the number of twists and turns to the plot. Lots of sudden reversals and surprises with plenty of build up along the way.
I work in the financial industry and it all rang true. But book is also very accessible in the way it explains some of the forces at work on Wall Street without gumming up the plot.
The first person narration was a bit of a jolt when leaving the prologue but actually worked extremely well given the tragedy and adventures that Mark Wallaces faces.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Julia Flyte
TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
The adage is that you should never judge a book by its cover. The cover of this book suggests some kind of major action taking place in the field, together with a quote promising "ripsnorting action" that comes from a New York Times review (that oddly cannot be found on the New York Times website). My own experience was quite the opposite. This is a sluggish, overly complicated thriller which takes a very long time to get going and then becomes immensely silly once it does.
The hero is Mark Wallace, an energy analyst working on Wall Street. His teenage son Kyle disappeared seven years ago after being abducted off the street. Mark spent many years trying to find his son and still has a close relationship with the lead detective on the case, but his marriage is creaking under the stresses. Suddenly out of nowhere, the detective receives some promising new information on the case. At the same time, Wallace is approached by a woman who offers him some highly confidential information about Saudi oil reserves and there is a terrorist attack on an oil pipeline in Finland. Can there be some connection between all of these events?
Lee Vance is a former general partner in Goldman Sachs and his financial industry background is apparent: the details about Wallace's job and contacts ring true. However he is less accomplished at crafting a thriller with momentum. The first half the book is intriguing but very slow. The best thriller writers know how to hone their writing so that it carries you forward relentlessly. Instead the book took me several days to read and I never felt the urge to pick it up again. In the second half things do speed up, but then the plot becomes overly reliant on happy coincidences, new characters and unlikely revelations. There was the potential here for a much better book but it's been over-complicated and therefore gets bogged down in the need for back stories and explanations. I never felt even a shred of suspense or cared particularly about any of the characters.
The hero is Mark Wallace, an energy analyst working on Wall Street. His teenage son Kyle disappeared seven years ago after being abducted off the street. Mark spent many years trying to find his son and still has a close relationship with the lead detective on the case, but his marriage is creaking under the stresses. Suddenly out of nowhere, the detective receives some promising new information on the case. At the same time, Wallace is approached by a woman who offers him some highly confidential information about Saudi oil reserves and there is a terrorist attack on an oil pipeline in Finland. Can there be some connection between all of these events?
Lee Vance is a former general partner in Goldman Sachs and his financial industry background is apparent: the details about Wallace's job and contacts ring true. However he is less accomplished at crafting a thriller with momentum. The first half the book is intriguing but very slow. The best thriller writers know how to hone their writing so that it carries you forward relentlessly. Instead the book took me several days to read and I never felt the urge to pick it up again. In the second half things do speed up, but then the plot becomes overly reliant on happy coincidences, new characters and unlikely revelations. There was the potential here for a much better book but it's been over-complicated and therefore gets bogged down in the need for back stories and explanations. I never felt even a shred of suspense or cared particularly about any of the characters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By johnverp
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
This was a really enjoyable read with a lot of good ingredients. Briefly, the setting is New York as a broker to the oil industry tries to deal with an apparent threat to global supplies as well as the kidnap of his son seven years earlier.
We have a well-constructed plot and good writing. Vance does very well in developing the mystery and withholding always enough to keep the reader interested. The protagonist, who delivers the story in the first person, is a very likeable character. Importantly, we don't have too much nonsense as Vance sticks with reality for the most part.
In short, this was a very engaging story delivered convincingly. Vance is a new discovery for me, but I'll be certain to look out for more of his work. 9/10
(I think this may be one of my first Kindle reads where typos were not an issue!)
We have a well-constructed plot and good writing. Vance does very well in developing the mystery and withholding always enough to keep the reader interested. The protagonist, who delivers the story in the first person, is a very likeable character. Importantly, we don't have too much nonsense as Vance sticks with reality for the most part.
In short, this was a very engaging story delivered convincingly. Vance is a new discovery for me, but I'll be certain to look out for more of his work. 9/10
(I think this may be one of my first Kindle reads where typos were not an issue!)
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I tried to get to the heart and soul of this book but it left me not caring what happened to any of the characters. To think our hero was a very smart man . Read more
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