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The Dark Tide (Ty Hauck #1)
by
Andrew Gross (Goodreads Author)
An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station one morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her husband of eighteen years is dead.
On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a youn...more
On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a youn...more
Hardcover, 448 pages
Published
March 18th 2008
by William Morrow & Company
(first published March 1st 2008)
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Well, this was another one of those Reader's Choice books from the library. Normally, I'm not very interested in the "trashy thriller" genre. Overall, though, the book was okay. The plot was somewhat interesting (although rife with editing problems!), but the author seemed much more interested in the romance part of the story than in developing the story itself well.
And maybe it's just me, but I was extremely bugged by how every character repeatedly said the name of the person they were talking...more
And maybe it's just me, but I was extremely bugged by how every character repeatedly said the name of the person they were talking...more
Fast-paced, deception, lies, conspiracies, plot-twists… excellent!
One morning, while at her yoga class, Karen Friedman, along with everyone there, learns of the bombing at Grand Central Station. At first, Karen feels horrible for the people involved in some way. Until that same horror starts to sink in - her husband had taken the train to work that morning after bringing the car in for servicing. Trying not to panic, she tries to reach him - but he’s gone. The first bomb was set off in the first...more
One morning, while at her yoga class, Karen Friedman, along with everyone there, learns of the bombing at Grand Central Station. At first, Karen feels horrible for the people involved in some way. Until that same horror starts to sink in - her husband had taken the train to work that morning after bringing the car in for servicing. Trying not to panic, she tries to reach him - but he’s gone. The first bomb was set off in the first...more
Aug 25, 2008
Jeffrey
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
thriller fans
Shelves:
read-in-2008,
thriller
A real pageturner. Gross's knack is to keep the suspense going, you want to find out what happened. The characters are more than game pieces that the author moves around the novel to solve the novel. They seem flesh and blood. The plot is good, a man appears to be dead in a bombing at Grand Central Station. Another man is killed in a hit and run. A cop meets the wife of the bombing and starts to investigate the hit and run. Meanwhile other people are out there looking for the man as well.
Will he...more
Will he...more
The editing (and as a result the dialogue) in this novel is atrocious. There is simply no need to repeat characters names in every spoken line in a novel - most people who read books are not idiots.
"Really Kieran?"
"Yes reader, I'm afraid its true - this novel is badly let down by the poor dialogue"
"But Kieran I think, and Kieran don't hate me for saying this, but maybe you are being unfairly picky Kieran?"
"No reader - I am not. The festering dialogue weighs down a good story like a stone anchor
Andrew Gross’ The Dark Tide
Plot:
On the morning Karen Friedman learns that her husband, a hedge fund manager, has been tragically killed, Detective Ty Hauck begins his investigation of another man's death in a suspicious hit-and-run in Karen's hometown.
The two seemingly unrelated tragedies are about to plunge a beautiful widow and a determined investigator into a maelstrom of murder, vast sums of missing money, and international conspiracy.
My Review and Thoughts:
This book has great character dev...more
Plot:
On the morning Karen Friedman learns that her husband, a hedge fund manager, has been tragically killed, Detective Ty Hauck begins his investigation of another man's death in a suspicious hit-and-run in Karen's hometown.
The two seemingly unrelated tragedies are about to plunge a beautiful widow and a determined investigator into a maelstrom of murder, vast sums of missing money, and international conspiracy.
My Review and Thoughts:
This book has great character dev...more
Hold on to your hat, this is going to be a roller coaster ride. Charles Friedman is a hedge fund investor who does well by his wife Karen and their two teens Samantha and Alex.
One fine day, Charles heads off to carry the car in to be serviced, planning to take the train from Connecticut into New York to work. His wife Karen heads off to yoga. As she is exercising, she is shocked when everyone gathers around a tv after bombs rock the train her husband is on, the one he called her from moments ear...more
One fine day, Charles heads off to carry the car in to be serviced, planning to take the train from Connecticut into New York to work. His wife Karen heads off to yoga. As she is exercising, she is shocked when everyone gathers around a tv after bombs rock the train her husband is on, the one he called her from moments ear...more
This is Andrew Gross's second mystery/thriller and both are excellent. If you are a fan of James Patterson you will find that Andrew Gross writes in the same vein. In fact, Gross has co-authored 5 books with Patterson,and for my money Gross's books are much better. His books have better characters, better plots, and better endings. They follow the same style as Patterson in that the chapters are very short and the story moves at a very rapid pace.
Charles Friedman is living the good life in New Y...more
Charles Friedman is living the good life in New Y...more
Wow, what a heart-racing, action-packed read...the perfect way to escape reality on a cold afternoon!
Charles Friedman, a wealthy and successful hedge fund manager, was on a commuter subway train that was bombed by terrorists near Grand Central Station. He was thought to have been killed and burned up in the tragedy. His wife and children accept the inevitable and move on with their lives until terrifying threats and unexplained coincidences cause his wife Karen to doubt everything she new about...more
Charles Friedman, a wealthy and successful hedge fund manager, was on a commuter subway train that was bombed by terrorists near Grand Central Station. He was thought to have been killed and burned up in the tragedy. His wife and children accept the inevitable and move on with their lives until terrifying threats and unexplained coincidences cause his wife Karen to doubt everything she new about...more
Let me preface with the fact that I downloaded this to my Kindle during a free promotion period so I can't really feel cheated out of my money. My time is another animal altogether.
The book starts off interestingly enough with a somewhat believable family, with a rich business man father, two kids and a homemaker wife whose life takes a turn for the worse after a "terrorist" attack on a subway. I personally thought the terrorist angle was a bit lame, but i guess it served the purpose and since...more
The book starts off interestingly enough with a somewhat believable family, with a rich business man father, two kids and a homemaker wife whose life takes a turn for the worse after a "terrorist" attack on a subway. I personally thought the terrorist angle was a bit lame, but i guess it served the purpose and since...more
May 08, 2010
Aerin
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who don't mind lots of errors and amateurish writing
Recommended to Aerin by:
Nook eReader group
This book earned 2 stars from me because it was a free download and I love getting a freebie now and then. I used to read James Patterson books and wanted to see what Andrew Gross was like as a writer. I was pretty disappointed with the book though. It was just okay. I kept reading it because one of my Facebook groups was reading it together and I wanted to be able to hop in there and discuss it a bit. But sometimes it was difficult moving forward with this story.
I liked the fast emotional punch...more
I liked the fast emotional punch...more
Part mystery and part romance, Dark Tide would make a great soap opera or mini-series. A thirty-something mother of teenagers from Gold Coast CT, whose husband is a financial advisor with aspirations to become a high flier, becomes a widow when his train is exploded by terrorists. The ace detective, whose wife left him after their little daughter died in an accident that he might have prevented, has merely been going through the paces, his life empty and his guilt debilitating. When the wife, Ka...more
Andrew Gross is perhaps better known for his collaborative work with James Patterson rather than in his own right. This might change after this book however. His style does echo some of Pattersons, but he renders his characters much more believable and sympathetic as well as adding a more modern flavour to his storylines.
A quality page-turner, the book revolves around the death of a hedge-fund manager in a terorist bombing and his wife's struggle to deal with his death and its emotional and fina...more
A quality page-turner, the book revolves around the death of a hedge-fund manager in a terorist bombing and his wife's struggle to deal with his death and its emotional and fina...more
Holy crap, was this book bad! Like 'terrible' bad! And the strange thing is, is that it really didn't start out that way. I remember being 30% into the book and being extremely mad that my bus wasn't a bit later since I had to put it down. Cut to me at 60% and I started thinking "Why am I STILL reading this?!" In fact, the only reason I finished it was because by that time I was already 60% in and thinking "What the hell. I need a long-ish book to up my page average..."
My main gripe with The Dar...more
My main gripe with The Dar...more
Charlie Friedman is a wealthy, suburban hedge fund manager who gets in over his head. One morning while taking a commuter train into the city, terrorists attack Grand Central Station, and he is able to make it appear that he was killed in the blast, and he creates a brand-new identity for himself in the Caribbean. However, a year later, Karen, his wife, sees him fleeing the carnage on a news video taken on the morning of the attack, and she teams up with police lieutenant, Ty 'The Leg' Hauck, an...more
Fast read, grabs you right quick and doesn't let go. This is the first "Detective Ty Hauk" novel written by Gross, which was followed by more with the same guy. Hauck is a likeable and believable character. Wanting to right wrongs made by greedy investors, whose actions create consequences for their families.
Hauck is investigating a hit and run "accident" when he hears that a bomb has exploded at Grand Central Station, killing hundreds. How is it connected to this and other accidents? One thing...more
Hauck is investigating a hit and run "accident" when he hears that a bomb has exploded at Grand Central Station, killing hundreds. How is it connected to this and other accidents? One thing...more
A snippet of the story. Karen Friedman, a mother of two, grieves for her husband of eighteen years, one of the many victims of the terrorist attack that took place at Grand Central Station earlier on. Karen summons up all her strength to conduct a normal life; she takes good care of her two children and looks into the financial situation that her husband, Charles, has left behind. All of a sudden she receives threatening messages and visits, implying that the money she has gotten from the liquid...more
In this story, read by Melissa Leo, (who was excellent) Charles Friedman is a Wall Street, hedge fund executive who lives in Greenwich, Connecticut. On the very day he takes his car to the repair shop and rides the train into work, the train is bombed and Charles is missing and is presumed dead. On the same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Charles’ hometown. At first the events seem unrelated until a detective finds a clue that seems to connect the two events.
A f...more
A f...more
Jul 22, 2012
Lance Charnes
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
James Patterson fans
Shelves:
fiction-thrillers-adventure
Gross is a former inmate of the James Patterson factory, and boy, does it show: short, punchy chapters, volcanic emotions for the characters, lots of repetition (we might have forgotten what happened five pages ago), fast pacing. The story itself isn't bad, involving as it does money laundering, offshore finance, Russian mobsters, and respectable men with dark secrets. If you're looking for a pain-free way to while away a few hours on an airplane or the beach, you could probably do worse.
Just do...more
Just do...more
The Plot
One wealthy family's life is turned upside down the morning of a bombing at Grand Central station as they realize that their husband/father has perished in the destruction. He was a successful hedge fund manager, and as the family attempts to put their lives back in order, things begin to come out that question his integrity.
The same day as the bombing, there was a suspicious hit-and-run in the small town where the family lives. It doesn't sit well with the head detective, Ty Hauck, an...more
One wealthy family's life is turned upside down the morning of a bombing at Grand Central station as they realize that their husband/father has perished in the destruction. He was a successful hedge fund manager, and as the family attempts to put their lives back in order, things begin to come out that question his integrity.
The same day as the bombing, there was a suspicious hit-and-run in the small town where the family lives. It doesn't sit well with the head detective, Ty Hauck, an...more
The Dark Tide is the second in a series featuring detective Ty Hauck and the first that I've read (the first book is Don't Look Twice), and a third, Reckless, was published in 2010. Gross may be more familiar as James Patterson's co-author on several books as well, but he's a well-established author in his own right.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, although there were a few spots that challenged my realm of credibility just a bit. The plot involves misuse of investment funds (think billions, not m...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, although there were a few spots that challenged my realm of credibility just a bit. The plot involves misuse of investment funds (think billions, not m...more
Jul 15, 2009
Alan
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who has read other Andrew Gross/James Patterson books
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Jun 06, 2009
Michael
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
mystery fans, action fans, financial thriller fans
Recommended to Michael by:
Saw the announcement when nominated for best theiller of the yea
Charles Friedman runs a hedge fund. Living in Greenwich, Ct, he decides to take the Metro into Manhattan. That is the day terrorists blew up the train.
His wife, Karen, sees the news in a scene that is reminiscent of the many 9-11 tragedies.
The same day there is a hit and run in Greenwich, Ct. and when Lt Ty Hauk investigates he finds Charles' name and cell phone number in the hit and run victim's pocket.
Karen's troubles aren't over. She is threatened by two men looking for a large amount of mone...more
His wife, Karen, sees the news in a scene that is reminiscent of the many 9-11 tragedies.
The same day there is a hit and run in Greenwich, Ct. and when Lt Ty Hauk investigates he finds Charles' name and cell phone number in the hit and run victim's pocket.
Karen's troubles aren't over. She is threatened by two men looking for a large amount of mone...more
I just finished this book and had to comment. As I came here to review I had to laugh at other people's comments? Really folks? You don't like a book because they addressed each other by name? Perhaps you should go read a YA then. I typically don't read thriller type novels, but this one kept me reading. It establishes a good pace in the front, slows down in the middle, then picks it back up at the end.
Do you want a book that keeps your interest enough to want you to finish? Then pick up this bo...more
Do you want a book that keeps your interest enough to want you to finish? Then pick up this bo...more
The story starts with the bombing of a commuter train in Greenwich, New York and Charlie Friedman was on that train.
He was supposed to have died - but a year later, his widow realises he is alive, after watching a TV show on the 1st anniversary of the bombing - Karens sees a fleeting image of someone in the background footage and realises it is Charlie.
This was the perfect scenario for him, for people to believe that he had died, as prior to the bombing, he had been living on the edge - he had...more
He was supposed to have died - but a year later, his widow realises he is alive, after watching a TV show on the 1st anniversary of the bombing - Karens sees a fleeting image of someone in the background footage and realises it is Charlie.
This was the perfect scenario for him, for people to believe that he had died, as prior to the bombing, he had been living on the edge - he had...more
Apr 03, 2008
Stephanie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone that likes Patterson and a good story.
This book was awesome! His first one was just as good. If you like Patterson, you'll like Gross. He writes with Patterson on some of his books and now he has branched out on his own. Read it & you'll see why; the man is good!
Good plot, characters & very believable. A good read, indeed!
Good plot, characters & very believable. A good read, indeed!
Apr 06, 2010
Robert Ford
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
No-one
Recommended to Robert by:
No-one
Thrillers aren't exactly my favorite genre, but the price was right (currently free at the Kindle store), so I thought that I'd give it a try.
The basic plot was interesting, but I found the execution somewhat lacking. The two main characters were likable but all too predictable, except when they did things to move the plot along that would just not happen in real life. Also, the fact that neither of them figured who was behind everything until it was almost too late was just a little silly.
I als...more
The basic plot was interesting, but I found the execution somewhat lacking. The two main characters were likable but all too predictable, except when they did things to move the plot along that would just not happen in real life. Also, the fact that neither of them figured who was behind everything until it was almost too late was just a little silly.
I als...more
I read this because it was a free download on the kindle and I wanted to wait 'til payday to download the books I have been wanting. For the price (free) it was pretty good. If I'd had to pay, I would have rated it worse.
It's not that it was a bad book (although overall a little improbable) it's just that there was nothing new. It was pretty easy to see what was going to happen from far(faaaar) away. The whole, rich housewife/'widow' and small town cop end up taking down professional assassins...more
It's not that it was a bad book (although overall a little improbable) it's just that there was nothing new. It was pretty easy to see what was going to happen from far(faaaar) away. The whole, rich housewife/'widow' and small town cop end up taking down professional assassins...more
This book is one of my favorites! I gave it 5 stars because I love suspense and that is exactly what this book brings. It is filled with twits and turns and leaves you anxious to find out what happens next. Karen, the main character is so worried that her husband is on the train with the terrorist bombing. "I got a call from him, Heather! At eight thirty-four. He said they were pulling into Grand Central in a while...." that is one of the most dramatic quotes in the book found on page 22, becaus...more
reading this book...i'm reminded of the skill it must take to write an effective page-turner. i wonder if it's learned or acquired. this guy has it. apparently, he used to co-write with james patterson. too bad the story sucks.
Book 1 in the Ty Hauck series
This novel is an attention grabber right from the start...beware...It is a never ending fast paced story of deception, lies and conspiracies.
It opens one morning at yoga class, Karen Friedman and her friends learn of a fatal bombing at Grand Central Station. Karen at first, felt terrible but her emotions go into high gear when she realizes that her husband Charlie, a hedge fund manager, has taken the train to work. She later finds out that a part of her husband's b...more
This novel is an attention grabber right from the start...beware...It is a never ending fast paced story of deception, lies and conspiracies.
It opens one morning at yoga class, Karen Friedman and her friends learn of a fatal bombing at Grand Central Station. Karen at first, felt terrible but her emotions go into high gear when she realizes that her husband Charlie, a hedge fund manager, has taken the train to work. She later finds out that a part of her husband's b...more
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