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Caravan of Thieves
by
David Rich (Goodreads Author)
From debut author David Rich, a spectacular crime thriller about a charming con artist, a complicated heist, and the son charged with constructing a fragile truth out of a lifetime of lies.
Rollie Waters is the smartest guy in any room. Working as an undercover marine, he knows all the angles, and he's never less than two steps ahead of trouble--a skill he learned from the...more
Rollie Waters is the smartest guy in any room. Working as an undercover marine, he knows all the angles, and he's never less than two steps ahead of trouble--a skill he learned from the...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
August 30th 2012
by Dutton Adult
(first published August 23rd 2012)
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Twenty-five million dollars is stuffed into a body bag in a coffin supposedly holding an American soldier! Just a small part of the money hidden and discovered after Sadaam Hussein's ignominious ending after the second Iraqi War.
Marine Lieutenant Rollie Waters is inadvertently, at first so it seems, drawn into a military mission to find this huge amount of money. First they snag Rollie by saying he lied about doings when his jeep window was shot out. Then they tell him that because he was on a...more
Marine Lieutenant Rollie Waters is inadvertently, at first so it seems, drawn into a military mission to find this huge amount of money. First they snag Rollie by saying he lied about doings when his jeep window was shot out. Then they tell him that because he was on a...more
Rollie Waters is every inch as smart as his father, Dan Waters but the one difference is that Rollie is honest while his Dad is one of the biggest con-artists of his generation. Rollie has been a hero in Iraq and worked as an undercover agent for the Marines. But now he is being asked to help apprehend his father who may be responsible for the disappearance of 25 million dollars!
Rollie knows his father, Dan might not have stolen the money but he knows darn well that his dad knows where the mo...more
Rollie knows his father, Dan might not have stolen the money but he knows darn well that his dad knows where the mo...more
This is a well written and interesting (to a point) novel in which no one is a sympathetic character. The central plot line is about the theft of American aid and bribe money from Iraq by military men, and its shipment to America in place of the bodies of dead soldiers. The efforts of the thieves to get control of the money (most of which has been stolen from them) and the feds to retrieve it place Rollie Waters (a US Marine Corps undercover type and son of the multiple thief and con man who sto...more
In the wake of marathon Homeland viewing hours, I thought this might be an interesting read. I was disappointed. Very prickly characters -- not that a reader should love every character in a book, but you would like to be drawn to at least one of them! By page 190 I could not care less about any of the characters or how their stories turned out. I almost stopped reading but then the action picked up a bit and plot-lines started coming together. I think fewer characters who are more well-develope...more
All too frequently, thrillers give the reader a lot of action and derring-do but they don’t spend much effort on such niceties as the psychology of the characters or the details of the geographic setting. Caravan of Thieves is a happy exception to the rule. One of the real pleasures I found in reading this book was how much I came to understand both Rollie and Dan and how they each had come to an acceptance of their relationship, past and present. In many ways, this book is a study of the bond b...more
Rollie Waters is a reluctant, but very compelling hero who leads us and the Caravan of Thieves (gov. Officials and military personnel) on a spectacular adventure. There are great action scenes, endless surprises, and most interesting of all, a look at how the mind of a true genius and consummate con artist works.
The way it starts, I'm thinking here's another Reacher knockoff, but now I am believing Rollie is his own man and the mystery takes off. A great tale of "follow the money" as the onion is peeled away and you have to wonder each character's loyalties and who'll be the last one standing. With the money.
definite readalike for Lee Child. Gruff, stoic marine stands up for truth and justice but is certainly not afraid to bend the rules. door was left open for this to be a series which would be fine. Love the conman father character.
Very entertaining.
Will Mr. Rich write 5 more to find the other stashes of $25M.
Will Mr. Rich write 5 more to find the other stashes of $25M.
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I couldn't stop reading this intriguing new book by Dave Rich. Highly recommend.
Really well-done thriller. Liked the tension between con-man father, Dan, and his son, Rollie. Liked the interweaving of past & present. I would give it five stars if I liked this genre more; if you like thrillers, read it!
For a thriller mystery book this was not a good one. Could not finish it.
Unoriginal and slow. I barely finished this one.
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