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Fifty Grand (2009)

by Adrian McKinty(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0805089004 (ISBN13: 9780805089004)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

review 1: Amazing that he published his first novel in 2003, and has already done three trilogies plus several standalone novels (this is one). His thrillers are all well-plotted, violent but you always know why and you cheer on the hero. In this one the protagonist a young Cuban woman, a cop, who smuggles herself to the US in order to avenge her father's death. It's very well done and I enjoyed it, and would have liked a sequel. (But in the afterword, McKinty -- who lives in Australia - says "I started a sequel, but a dingo ate my manuscript." Ah well.)
review 2: This was a like for me, but not a really strong like. The writing was fine and the story was engaging, the trouble was just that I couldn't relate to any of it. That is my issue, not the book. I thought the ... morecharacters were strong for the most part and I could believe the paths they took, but this just wasn't something I connected with. Though saying that, I finished reading it in a matter of two days, so clearly it held my interest enough to keep reading. less

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