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The Moonpool (2008)

by P.T. Deutermann(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312371594 (ISBN13: 9780312371593)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

St. Martin's Press

series

Cam Richter

review 1: Though I prefer Deutermann's WWII era novels, they seem to be more cohesively-tight, and flawlessly written, "The Moonpool" delivered a respectable suspense-driven punch. The plot is intense and relevant. Public water contamination via nuclear waste mishandling and/or containment tampering is certainly a post 9/11 credible threat. Add to it, brain-trust smuggling, anti-government homeland fanatics, and the misuse of the Patriot Act, and you have one heck of an adrenaline-pounding-story.Yes, highly captivating and intense - five-stars for plot, suspense, relevance, plausibility, complexity, and nuclear science accuracy. I dropped a half-star for discrepancy in a couple key detailing scenes: Khakis and sneakers suddenly turned into Khakis and military boots within the same s... morecene sequence; phone calls made from phones previously described as nonoperational. The lack of chapter-divisions, or any other clear division markers, caused me to drop another half-star. A book of substantial length and/or substantial heady-subject-matter becomes tiring and tedious without some reader-friendly marked pauses. However, despite my rating drop due to mechanics and a few detail discrepancies, I "glowingly" enjoyed "The Moonpool." If heady complex plots, fierce action, surprising twists, and derange-driven-antagonists is your thing - this book should fit the bill.
review 2: Main character Cal Richter (from The Cat Dancers and Spider Mountain) is back; this time he's looking into the weird and out of the ordinary sudden death of fellow teammate Allie Gardner. Somehow Allie has been poisoned by contaminatedwater from 'the moonpool.' He brings his company, Hide & Seek Investigations, into the mix of FBI, Homeland Security and local police as they race to find who's tampering with a nuclear fuel reactor. less

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