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"A fine and ambitious thriller...the serpentine plot is rooted in truth...thoroughly compelling."-- Booklist, Starred Review
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The characters are convincing and the storytelling is exciting, so it all adds up to a rattling good yarn (Literary Review )
Michael Robotham brings his well-honed skills as an international investigative reporter to the world of high-octane thrillers. The Wreckage takes you behind the headlines coming out of Bagdad, and behind the power scenes in London and Washington. One of the best novels to come out of the chaos of Iraq; a penetrating peek through the fog of war (Nelson DeMille )
I have seldom read a more chilling and suspenseful tale. Robotham makes you see the sand, smell the burning oil and feel the bullets flying past. Most thrillers are lucky to have one great character; Robotham has given us at least four. They sweat, bleed and cry with such raw emotion that you can barely catch your breath and the words on the page feel like a million needles beneath your clenched fingers. This is a writer who will give you a slice of the Middle East you will never see on CNN or Fox. Robotham is the real deal and we can only hope he will write faster (David Baldacci )
Michael Robotham brings his well-honed skills as an international investigative reporter to the world of high-octane thrillers. The Wreckage takes you behind the headlines coming out of Bagdad, and behind the power scenes in London and Washington. One of the best novels to come out of the chaos of Iraq; a penetrating peek through the fog of war (Nelson DeMille )
I have seldom read a more chilling and suspenseful tale. Robotham makes you see the sand, smell the burning oil and feel the bullets flying past. Most thrillers are lucky to have one great character; Robotham has given us at least four. They sweat, bleed and cry with such raw emotion that you can barely catch your breath and the words on the page feel like a million needles beneath your clenched fingers. This is a writer who will give you a slice of the Middle East you will never see on CNN or Fox. Robotham is the real deal and we can only hope he will write faster (David Baldacci )
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Wreckage is an entertaining thriller from an author who knows how to keep his readers on the edge of their seats.
The Wreckage has the kind of cover I like for a thriller - it's not too complicated and gets me curious about the book. The man's silhouette radiates a sense of desperation and fear as he glances over his shoulder to the familiar scene of London's Tower Bridge.
Michael Robotham is a great storyteller - he manages to weave two seemingly disconnected storylines into a single narrative without any confusion. The Wreckage is set in Iraq and England and Robotham describes both settings so well that I could imagine myself there. The pace of The Wreckage is well controlled with high action broken up nicely with less dramatic moments. But even during the quieter periods you're still engaged with the story, trying to figure out what's going on. Robotham has used the recent global economic meltdown as the backdrop to this book and I liked how he managed to incorporate it into both storylines - one from a personal point-of-view and the other from a more international perspective.
Although I thought Robotham handled the two storylines in The Wreckage very well I have to say that I preferred Vincent Ruiz's story and would have been happy to see more of it before the two were brought together. I think I liked this storyline better because of the characters involved.
I immediately liked Vincent Ruiz - a retired cop with a lot of personal regrets, but trying to remember what's important in his life now that he isn't a cop. Holly Knight is an interesting character and my attitude towards her changed as the story progressed and I learnt more about her. Luca Terracini was an excellent guide to Iraq and while I didn't connect with him as well as with Ruiz he is a well rounded character.
The Wreckage is an exciting ride and will win Robotham many new fans and make sure his existing ones stay put.
The Wreckage has the kind of cover I like for a thriller - it's not too complicated and gets me curious about the book. The man's silhouette radiates a sense of desperation and fear as he glances over his shoulder to the familiar scene of London's Tower Bridge.
Michael Robotham is a great storyteller - he manages to weave two seemingly disconnected storylines into a single narrative without any confusion. The Wreckage is set in Iraq and England and Robotham describes both settings so well that I could imagine myself there. The pace of The Wreckage is well controlled with high action broken up nicely with less dramatic moments. But even during the quieter periods you're still engaged with the story, trying to figure out what's going on. Robotham has used the recent global economic meltdown as the backdrop to this book and I liked how he managed to incorporate it into both storylines - one from a personal point-of-view and the other from a more international perspective.
Although I thought Robotham handled the two storylines in The Wreckage very well I have to say that I preferred Vincent Ruiz's story and would have been happy to see more of it before the two were brought together. I think I liked this storyline better because of the characters involved.
I immediately liked Vincent Ruiz - a retired cop with a lot of personal regrets, but trying to remember what's important in his life now that he isn't a cop. Holly Knight is an interesting character and my attitude towards her changed as the story progressed and I learnt more about her. Luca Terracini was an excellent guide to Iraq and while I didn't connect with him as well as with Ruiz he is a well rounded character.
The Wreckage is an exciting ride and will win Robotham many new fans and make sure his existing ones stay put.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you want to read one of the most intelligent, absorbing and entertaining thrillers of the last couple of years, "The Wreckage" is the book for you.
Similar in style and pace to Peter Temple's "In the Evil Day", Robotham is a writer who sees the connection between two disparate events and creates a brilliant line that links the two. We can only hope it is truly fiction that connects the global financial crisis with the anarchy in Iraq, (although in a disclaimer Robotham notes the book draws on true life events to fuel the story).
This was the first Michael Robotham book I have read, and it left me eager to explore the earlier books in this series that feature the characters who appear in "The Wreckage". I was unaware this was part of a series featuring returning characters, but that in no way hindered my enjoyment and "The Wreckage" works superbly as a stand alone thriller. Robotham easily introduces his two lead characters and fleshes them out without overly referencing the previous books.
I devoured "The Wreckage" within two days. Robotham creates a many sided mystery that involves Iraq, the US and British governments, terrorist networks, major banking institutions, and various competing interests from a sizable cast of characters. The protagonists are well crafted, noirish heroes, a retired british cop strugling with retirement in London and a jaded US journalist hunkered down in bombed out Bagdad, but they are far from cliched or stereotypical of many thriller heroes, and Robotham imbues them with depth and their actions with meaning from the get go.
Robotham gets the various elements of a fictional thriller spot on too. The pace is break neck, the writing terse, clear, and a pleasure to read. Balancing his large cast and thrilling action sequences Robotham keep readers engaged in the overarching conspiracy to a satisfying conclusion. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Similar in style and pace to Peter Temple's "In the Evil Day", Robotham is a writer who sees the connection between two disparate events and creates a brilliant line that links the two. We can only hope it is truly fiction that connects the global financial crisis with the anarchy in Iraq, (although in a disclaimer Robotham notes the book draws on true life events to fuel the story).
This was the first Michael Robotham book I have read, and it left me eager to explore the earlier books in this series that feature the characters who appear in "The Wreckage". I was unaware this was part of a series featuring returning characters, but that in no way hindered my enjoyment and "The Wreckage" works superbly as a stand alone thriller. Robotham easily introduces his two lead characters and fleshes them out without overly referencing the previous books.
I devoured "The Wreckage" within two days. Robotham creates a many sided mystery that involves Iraq, the US and British governments, terrorist networks, major banking institutions, and various competing interests from a sizable cast of characters. The protagonists are well crafted, noirish heroes, a retired british cop strugling with retirement in London and a jaded US journalist hunkered down in bombed out Bagdad, but they are far from cliched or stereotypical of many thriller heroes, and Robotham imbues them with depth and their actions with meaning from the get go.
Robotham gets the various elements of a fictional thriller spot on too. The pace is break neck, the writing terse, clear, and a pleasure to read. Balancing his large cast and thrilling action sequences Robotham keep readers engaged in the overarching conspiracy to a satisfying conclusion. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The Wreckage takes Michael Robotham's crime novels to a new level entirely. For anyone who thinks that Robotham was already the best crime writer in the UK and thinks that there was nothing much wrong with what he has achieved so far in work like The Drowning Man, Shatter or Bleed for Me, you can be reassured that the good news is that all the familiar elements are still here. The Wreckage is not so much different as better in almost every respect.
It's not different in that it retains a strong core of characters who have been there throughout his work. When you've built up characters are strong as former police detective Vincent Ruiz and psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, why change? They have been through a lot over the years (the titles of the author's novels including this one, given some indication of that) but unlike some crime detective fiction, those experiences have taken a real toll on their lives. They've been through a mill of personal and professional problems and it's starting to show. Not as weakness, but in the strength of experience that they can bring to bear on cases. So when Ruiz falls victim to a petty-theft scam, where objects of sentimental value have been stolen by a young woman he had rescued from an incident and brought home, he knows how to react. Inevitably, he finds himself caught up in something else entirely and discovers that the person behind the theft, Holly, has issues and a particular ability that his old friend Joe might be able to help him with.
That much you would expect from a Robotham thriller, the story becoming proportionally more tense and dangerous as it extends outwards. You would also expect the writing to flow marvellously, lean and direct, with precision and accuracy, with authentic dialogue that gets right to the heart of the characters and their personal situations. So The Wreckage is not different then, but it is better. Better in terms of how the author expands the work to a much larger scale, retaining the personal involvement, but extending it through a missing banker and the work of an investigative journalist in Iraq, to take in current events in the world today relating to Baghdad, terrorism and intelligence operations, finance and banking institutions.
There are an ambitious number of threads here, but Robotham rises to the challenge, juggling a larger number of characters and giving each of them depth, personality and motivation, while also orchestrating the events that take place in a convincing manner (certainly more convincing than the similarly-themed Bombproof, the only weak book in his catalogue). As skilfully as ever, Robotham manages to gradually heighten the sense of danger that is ever present in his novels and gives them such an edge, taking it to a new level while keeping it real and relevant to the state of the world we are living in today. Whether you've read Robotham before or not won't matter. This is just terrific writing whatever way you look at it. The Wreckage is a tense and involving crime novel as well as a scarily credible conspiracy thriller, and it's an incredible tour de force from the author. I doubt you'll find a better crime thriller published this year.
It's not different in that it retains a strong core of characters who have been there throughout his work. When you've built up characters are strong as former police detective Vincent Ruiz and psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, why change? They have been through a lot over the years (the titles of the author's novels including this one, given some indication of that) but unlike some crime detective fiction, those experiences have taken a real toll on their lives. They've been through a mill of personal and professional problems and it's starting to show. Not as weakness, but in the strength of experience that they can bring to bear on cases. So when Ruiz falls victim to a petty-theft scam, where objects of sentimental value have been stolen by a young woman he had rescued from an incident and brought home, he knows how to react. Inevitably, he finds himself caught up in something else entirely and discovers that the person behind the theft, Holly, has issues and a particular ability that his old friend Joe might be able to help him with.
That much you would expect from a Robotham thriller, the story becoming proportionally more tense and dangerous as it extends outwards. You would also expect the writing to flow marvellously, lean and direct, with precision and accuracy, with authentic dialogue that gets right to the heart of the characters and their personal situations. So The Wreckage is not different then, but it is better. Better in terms of how the author expands the work to a much larger scale, retaining the personal involvement, but extending it through a missing banker and the work of an investigative journalist in Iraq, to take in current events in the world today relating to Baghdad, terrorism and intelligence operations, finance and banking institutions.
There are an ambitious number of threads here, but Robotham rises to the challenge, juggling a larger number of characters and giving each of them depth, personality and motivation, while also orchestrating the events that take place in a convincing manner (certainly more convincing than the similarly-themed Bombproof, the only weak book in his catalogue). As skilfully as ever, Robotham manages to gradually heighten the sense of danger that is ever present in his novels and gives them such an edge, taking it to a new level while keeping it real and relevant to the state of the world we are living in today. Whether you've read Robotham before or not won't matter. This is just terrific writing whatever way you look at it. The Wreckage is a tense and involving crime novel as well as a scarily credible conspiracy thriller, and it's an incredible tour de force from the author. I doubt you'll find a better crime thriller published this year.
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Another great ride
I have read all of Robotham's books thus far and only one has been a disappointment. He's back in style with this one though. Read more
Published 1 month ago by johnverp
very good book
much appreciated. I received the book on time. In good condition. Easy to read. I think the author has talent and has a way of keeping the reader occupied and absorbed.
Published 3 months ago by blackpool england
Almost but not quite.....
Michael Robotham writes very good books and this is no exception and I would have givne it five stars but for the slight over the top number of different people to the point you... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. F. Prestwich
Robotham's usual high standard
As always Robotham has written another great novel. This one is starts between two cities in different parts of the world, Baghdad and London. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. S. N. Pattison
The Wreckage
A great read, this book had me up until the small hours of the morning to finish it. I liked the authenticity and the relevance of the plot. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Chrisinoz
Wreckage rolls
Baghdad, London, Istanbul, Washington, Luton. All the classic locations for a first-rate thriller. The Wreckage opens with a sublimely-crafted piece of dialogue, an exhortation to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Wise
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