Rate this book

The Wreckage (2011)

by Michael Robotham(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0316126403 (ISBN13: 9780316126403)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Mulholland Books

series

Joseph O'Loughlin

review 1: I could very easily become a fan of Michael Robotham. This is one of the best action thrillers that I have read for some time. Another reviewer described it as taut, which is totally accurate, it grabs you and refuses to let go and even the intricacies of the financial dealings which are at the core of the book are relatively easy to follow. In the Good Reads listing it is described as the fifth in a series. Two points about this; firstly I will have to read the rest; but, most importantly, you would not know that it is part of a series just from reading the book. I admire that skill in a writer. If you ever enjoyed a fast-paced thriller, then read this, I am sure you will not be disappointed!
review 2: A retired cop, a young grifter, a heavily pregnant societ... morey wife and a half-Iraqi financial reporter. They shouldn't have anything in common but they do. A notebook. The grifter stole it. She also stole from the cop. The wife's husband is missing and there are pictures of him with the man who killed the grifter, Holly's, boyfriend, searching for the notebook. The financial reporter can translate the notebook. Did I mention that the wife, Elizabeth's, husband, is the chief compliance officer for the only bank in London the successfully navigated the financial crisis? Is something rotten in Denmark? Possible, but it's certainly rotten at the core of the banking industry in London. The problem with this book is that there were too many disparate story lines that took too long to come together. While Ruiz, the cop, is the continuity character from prior books, as is the psychologist that Ruiz calls in to help Holly, by the time the plot came together I was interested but not entranced. (And my field is banking compliance.) Narrated well, by the series' regular narrator, it was too involved a plot to engage the listener without mental fatigue. It's a good story just not great. less

Download links for: The Wreckage

Advertising