Ben Brice lives alone in the New Mexico wilderness where he battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estrange...
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Jan 17, 2008
Jodi
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This was an outstanding story. Last year I read his Color of Law and thought it was great. It was different. It was a lawyer story but it was really about redemption. So is The Abduction. Ben Brice served in Vietnam. A Colonel by the time he was done. But the war destroyed him. He saw things and had to do things that shattered him. He lives in isolation, drinking himself to death. The only light in his life is his 10 year old granddaughter, Gracie. They have a bond that is an inexplicable as it
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Jan 05, 2012
Kieran
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This book markets itself as a sensitive portrayal of a little girls abduction from a wealthy family.... the fear and the shock as the assumed ransom demand never comes and her clothing turns up in a registered sex offenders truck is well depicted and well written - expertly told from multiple viewpoints and from inside the characters minds the story churns at your nerves with a very real sense of unease. Mistaken identity increases the emotional impact - but thats over by the 1st half of the boo
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Apr 20, 2011
Christian
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The Abduction by Mark Gimenez was an enjoyable book to read. It was very action packed, but I thought it took too long for the action to really take off. There was action in the beginning, which made me hopeful that the whole book would be filled with action, but none more really came until the end. However, when the action took off, it REALLY got me hooked. The book was filled with action, but I think Mark Gimenez tried too hard to put a good love scene in it. Those scenes just seemed awkward t
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Jul 28, 2010
Guera
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I just found a new author to indulge in. Not sure how many books he has published but I can see why they call Gimenez the next John Grisham.
I enjoyed how he gives you two sides of the same reality and does it so well that both sides seem correct. The main theme is the Vietnam war and the damage in done to the Colonel. You get views from those who were there and who saw it to be wrong. Those who tried to do something about it and failed but felt they did the right thing anyway. Those More...
I enjoyed how he gives you two sides of the same reality and does it so well that both sides seem correct. The main theme is the Vietnam war and the damage in done to the Colonel. You get views from those who were there and who saw it to be wrong. Those who tried to do something about it and failed but felt they did the right thing anyway. Those More...
Jan 20, 2010
Viccy
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The sophomore effort of Mark Gimenez, following The Color of Law, is something completely different. Ben Brice did not survive the Vietnam War well. He lives alone after his wife left him due to his drinking. Now he lives outside of Taos, NM, making beautiful, artistic furniture and slowing drinking himself to death. Near Dallas, his granddaughter, Gracie Ann Brice, is a lively 10-year old, in love with Orlando Bloom and a great soccer player. One day, after a soccer game, Gracie Ann is kidnappe
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Mar 04, 2011
Deb
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This is a real page-turner, though not for those that can't stand to read about a child in danger. The child is 10 year old Gracie Brice--a spunky soccer star who is taken from her soccer field after a game. Her father--an dot com billionaire--was chatting on his cell phone at the time. Her mother--a high powerd attorney--was late to the game but is quick to take charge once she arrives and finds out what happened. The FBI and local police investigate--but it is Gracie's grandfather, ex viet
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Jan 23, 2008
Caution: don't start this book unless you have time to finish it - I could not put it down. After his excellent debut, The Color of Law, Gimenez just knocks it out of the park with his sophomore effort. The Brice family are a little more well-to-do than most; Elizabeth is a successful Dallas attorney, and her husband John is a computer nerd with a company that is about to go public and make him a billionaire. Their ten-year-old daughter Gracie is a budding soccer star and it is at her game th
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Feb 21, 2008
Annie
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Heard about this on my book lovers site for us old folks! hee hee It turned out to be pretty good.
Ben Brice lives alone in the New Mexico wilderness where he battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estranged son, John, an Internet geek-turned-billionaire, half watches his daughter Gracie's soccer game while conducting business on his cell phone. When her mother Elizabeth arrives, the coach reports that her uncle has already collected Grac More...
Ben Brice lives alone in the New Mexico wilderness where he battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estranged son, John, an Internet geek-turned-billionaire, half watches his daughter Gracie's soccer game while conducting business on his cell phone. When her mother Elizabeth arrives, the coach reports that her uncle has already collected Grac More...
Jan 29, 2012
Gail
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This is a really good read but there was a little too much emphasis on the Vietnam war which, unfortunately, I had to speed read through. However, on doing this I realised I had missed a valuable clue and had to go back and read it all!! Gracie, the little girl who is abducted, is a lovely child as is her grandad, Ben who I would like to save me in a crisis, I have to say; he's a great character! The mother, however, is a most cold and calculating person and the twist near the end I never saw co
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Apr 09, 2010
Bobbi
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Ben Brice is a drunk living alone in the New Mexico wilderness, where he custom builds furniture and battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estranged son, John, an Internet geek-turned-billionaire, half-watches his daughter Gracie's soccer game while on his cell phone. When her mother Elizabeth arrives, the coach reports that her "uncle" has already collected Gracie. But Gracie has no uncle--she was kidnapped.
Mar 28, 2009
Mary Kay
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This book deals with the abduction of a nine-year-old girl from a soccer field. Her grandfather, a much-decorated Vietnam vet who has banished himself to a solitary drunken life in New Mexico, comes to the rescue. He and his granddaughter, Gracie, have an almost mystical bond with each other. I enjoyed the book, but there were just too many coincidences.
Jan 03, 2012
Dave
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I almost sat this book down because of the rather slow start, but kept at it and soon found myself engrossed in this well written book of the abduction of a young girl.
Gimenez slowly brings to light the reason for the abduction by revealing the cast of characters past lives and how they come to inter-twine with each other. A good read.
Gimenez slowly brings to light the reason for the abduction by revealing the cast of characters past lives and how they come to inter-twine with each other. A good read.
Apr 17, 2011
Artie
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It's dark and twisted, but a page-turner with heart. Like most thrillers, it's a little too violent for me in places, but I understand that goes with the territory, unfortunately. But, unlike some, it doesn't go OTT. It's also full of character and coincidence, two of my faves. It also made me cry a couple of times, so I obviously cared.
Apr 21, 2009
Deborah
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This book started off a car at a drag race. All the motors running at full speed waiting to take off and be the first at the finish line. From the opening of the book its not stop action. I found myself reading at stop lights, in traffic and any moment I could the book was in my hand. And although I love to read... in the car is not my thing. I just couldn't help myself. This intricate story about a young girl kidnapped right from under her dad's nose keeps the reader on edge. The reader feels a
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Jun 02, 2008
Ashley
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The Abduction by Mark Gimenez is about a ten-year-old named Gracie who gets abducted by after her soccer game.
But whats strange is that Ben Brice, Gracie's grandfather, has a close and rather strange bond with Gracie... close enough to discover where the abductors (yes, two men!) and her are.
But believe me--- there are many twists in this book. For example, why does Gracie's grandfather and one of the abductors have the exact same VIPOR tattoo?
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But whats strange is that Ben Brice, Gracie's grandfather, has a close and rather strange bond with Gracie... close enough to discover where the abductors (yes, two men!) and her are.
But believe me--- there are many twists in this book. For example, why does Gracie's grandfather and one of the abductors have the exact same VIPOR tattoo?
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Apr 04, 2008
David
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Gimenez has written a neatly tied-up thriller that pokes fun at the amount of coincidence he uses throughout the book. The plot is wildly imaginative and provides plenty of drama, laughs and chills. Ten-year old Gracie Brice is kidnapped after her afternoon soccer game. Her brainiac father was more focused on his upcoming IPO and failed to keep tabs on her after the game. Gracie's former-Green Beret grandfather, recently more an alcoholic than anything else, senses the trouble she's in and leave
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Sep 05, 2011
Kim
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An absolute wish-I-had-the-time-to-read-it-all-in-one-sitting book! The characters are well thought out and richly crafted...I couldn't help but care what happened to them as the book grew more intense.
Oct 12, 2011
Andreasimmons
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A good thriller. Would make for an exciting movie. Lots of action. In the beginning of the book I was having some trouble with the coincidences HOWEVER the author nicely ties everything together.
May 01, 2011
Fast pace read, thought the mind melding between grandfather the granddaugher was a little far fetched, parts were perdicatable and little tired of the stereo typical stupid military militia type.
May 10, 2008
Heidi
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This book was suggested to me by my boss. I am not usually a mystery person, but I thought I would give it a shot. I really enjoyed reading it. Gimenez was able to keep the plot moving at just the right pace to make me want to stay up late reading it. The whole week I read this book I did not want to put it down and was forced to because my eyes kept closing for want of sleep. Some reviews I had read helped prepare me to be dissatisfied with the ending, but I actually liked it. I enjoyed all the
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Mar 10, 2011
Vanialee
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I really enjoyed this story. The characters had depth to them and an almost real quality about them. This is a great page turner till the end.
Apr 26, 2010
Jodi
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Good story, but the language was pretty bad, as well as about a page that I had to skip. I wanted to love it, but couldn't.
May 09, 2009
Lynn
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Came in the same library batch as The Color of Law so I read them both. A bit feeble in plot, although writing is reasonable.
Apr 23, 2009
Kelly
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Awesome story! I loved the twists at the end. It had a few too many bad words. Don't think I could recommend this book.
Oct 04, 2011
Bob
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What a terrific read. Great twists & turns without being TOO far-fetched. (Well, maybe just a little...) Characters well-fleshed out- I liked it!
Feb 13, 2010
Neil
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Its a good read but repetitive at times with long descriptions and the ending was a complete anti-climax.
Aug 10, 2011
Stephanie
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I have never read a book that thick so quickly. It took me about a week. I simply could not wait to find out what happened to Gracie (the abducted girl). I did skip a lot of the war remembrances though. Now on to another book!
Jan 22, 2012
Larry
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Don't kidnap a kid whose uncle is a former Green Beret with not much to lose in life.
Jan 20, 2012
Michelle
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I had read this previously and didn't realize -- duh!
Very good story. Keeps you wondering what will happen. Good read.
Very good story. Keeps you wondering what will happen. Good read.
Dec 10, 2008
April
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So far, so good. The characters, details, and plot are all well-thought out and well written. The book, thus far, is recommendable. More to come!
