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Don't Look Twice (Ty Hauck #2)

by Andrew Gross (Goodreads Author)

3.64 · rating details · 581 ratings · 105 reviews

In this dramatic new novel following the bestselling "The Dark Tide," a drive-by shooting rocks the posh suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut, and an innocent bystander is left dead.

Detective Ty Hauck plunges into what seems like a vicious case of retribution and follows the trail to a sinister gambling scheme at an upstate casino. Until Annie Fletcher, a young re

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Hardcover, 378 pages

Published March 1st 2009 by William Morrow & Company (first published January 1st 2009)

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Oct 22, 2011

Ken rated it

This is the second in a series involving Ty Hauck by the author Andrew Gross. At the end of DARK TIDE, Ty had become involved romantically with one of the key players in his investigation. In the new novel, he ends that relationship, and hooks up with another woman who is a witness to a crime which is fundamental to his inquiry. The new novel begins with Ty and his daughter at a convenience store one morning, and while standing in line to pay for their purchases, the store is sprayed with automa...more

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Jun 09, 2010

Denise rated it

4.0 out of 5 stars Murder, greed and corruption in Greenwich..., March 8, 2009

This review is from: Don't Look Twice: A Novel (Hardcover)

This novel was a fun page turner that kept me guessing most of the way through. The plot has some depth and the story was interesting even though the characters were quite stereotypical of thrillers involving detectives, murder, gambling, crooked government and the requisite love interest. Along the way is the building body count, and ...more

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Mar 24, 2009

J.C. rated it

Shelves: 2009-reads, arc

Good Story; but Nothing Groundbreaking.

Brief Synopsis:
Lieutenant Ty Hauck was with his daughter at a gas station when a drive by shooting occurred. What first appears to be revenge by a local gang is slowly uncovered as a deeper conspiracy. Lt. Hauck is told to back off and let it be; but Lt. Hauck cannot accept that and digs deeper and deeper as the book unfolds.

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DON'T LOOK TWICE is a fairly standard murder mystery thriller. At times, the p...more

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Mar 05, 2009

Gina rated it

Shelves: own, action, mystery, mystery-detective, suspense, thriller

Fast-paced whodunnit and emotional, but plot twists rather predictable.

Ty and his daughter, Jessie, are at the gas station, stocking up on fuel and supplies before taking the boat out for its final voyage of the year. While standing in line, a red truck slams to a stop outside and bullets start flying. Ty got a look at the shooter, and a partial plate, but when he turns to see if everyone’s alright, Jessie is unconscious and covered in blood. Ty flashes back to when Norah, his other ...moreFast-paced whodunnit and emotional, but plot twists rather predictable.

Ty and his daughter, Jessie, are at the gas station, stocking up on fuel and supplies before taking the boat out for its final voyage of the year. While standing in line, a red truck slams to a stop outside and bullets start flying. Ty got a look at the shooter, and a partial plate, but when he turns to see if everyone’s alright, Jessie is unconscious and covered in blood. Ty flashes back to when Norah, his other daughter, was killed years ago when the car backed down the driveway, running her over. Jessie is fine, but in shock, and the blood isn’t hers; the blood belongs to David Sanger, federal prosecutor who was standing in line behind them.

At first, the shooting seemed an act of gang revenge. But looks are deceiving, for as the investigation progresses, and the body count starts to rise, the case goes so much deeper than Ty could have possibly imagined, from the lowest of the low to people high-up in the political chain, including a U.S. senator. Ty discovers that his brother, Warren, is also involved. The questions is - how deep?

**The author writes his characters in such a way that, good or evil, they seem entirely real, entirely human. Ty is a smart detective, tenacious, determined.

I could feel the difference between Ty and Karen (from The Dark Tide.) There was a distance, and I could tell the love wasn’t there any more. Truthfully, I don’t think it was really there to begin with. And while that really is too bad, a new female character, Annie, a restauranteur, becomes involved when she witnesses a gang member disposing something in the dumpster behind her restaurant - the gun that had been used in the drive-by shooting. I could feel something between them, and I really can’t wait to see in the next book if Ty and Annie take it any further.

It was nice to be introduced to Warren, Ty’s older brother. You can tell that their relationship is a strained one; Ty had witness something involving Warren a long time ago, and it put a distance between them. Just when it looks like they’re going to become close again, a twist in the plot will leave the reader feeling just as hollow and angry as Ty does.

I have to admit, I found the plot twists rather predictable. It’s like I could tell where this was going, how deep the case really went and how high up the “food chain” it really was. And by the time you hit the end of the story, you’re left as unsatisfied as Ty - because if he actually went all the way, there was still no proving what he knew. Without proof, it was like Ty had to drop it, knowing that he wouldn’t/couldn’t win. And that was sad. For me, a mystery needs a solved case and a happy ending. A friend is murdered in an explosion in Ty’s home - an explosion meant for him, leaving Ty feeling guilty and worn out. And just when he needs his boss the most, I find that Vern isn’t there for Ty like he should be. As the chief, you’d think he’d be just as bent as Ty to finding the truth. Personally, I think it was obvious Vern knew more than he was letting on, and the more it went on, the more I became disgusted with a character I liked in the first novel, The Dark Tide.

I think I liked this book more for the emotional value than the mystery, if I may be honest with you. The emotions during and after the shooting, when he reconnects with his brother and ultimately losing him, the guilt he feels for the explosion meant for him, losing Karen all while knowing there was no longer a relationship to save, the offer of a new job… the emotions roll off the page as you’re reading this novel, and it makes it hard to put down.(less)

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Apr 05, 2009

Samantha rated it

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This book's focus was totally off but yet it was good quick read. It was confusing and had a lot of twists and turns. The whole first part of the book you think it's about one thing like a revenge murder or gangs then midle of the book you are thinking it's gambling then the end of the book it switches focus abruptly. I'm real unsure of what the author was thinking and why the editor didn't rein him in a little bit. However, I can say that I like how the book is set up with short quick chapters....more

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Mar 08, 2009

Cheryl rated it

Ty Hauck and his daughter, Jessie had stopped off at the Exxon gas station to pick up a few items. It was just like any other Saturday morning or so Ty thought. Suddenly a truck pulls up outside, rolls down its window and starts firing. The whole incident took only a few minutes but it seemed like a lifetime to Ty.

After it was all over the carnage left behind was bad. One of the bodies is identified as
federal prosecutor David Sanger. He was working on a high profile case again...more

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Sep 17, 2011

Lynn rated it

I didn't like this book as much as his first two, particularly the first (The Blue Zone). This is the second in a series featuring Lieutenant Hauck, a detective with the Greenwich, CT police department. Without giving anything away, this novel involves government corruption, corruption in a casino, and a whole host of bad guys whom Hauck pursues relentlessly. It also introduces a new love interest for the detective. While the story line was interesting enough to keep me reading, it seemed t...more

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Nov 01, 2011

Gail Long rated it

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Detective Ty Hauck plunges into what seems like a vicious case of retribution and follows the trail to a sinister gambling scheme at an upstate casino. Until Annie Fletcher, a young restauranteur in the midst of rebuilding her life, witnesses something she shouldn't have and immediately turns to him with what she knows. Suddenly, Hauck is pulled into a rising storm far greater than it first appeared a storm wide enough to encompass corruption side Greenwich's circle of wealthy and powerful citiz...more

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May 02, 2010

Patricia rated it

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Detective Ty Hauck and his daughter Jessie stop by an Exxon station to pick up a few supplies before heading out for a day on Ty’s boat. A truck pulls up and riddles the station with bullets. Ty is able to keep Jessie safe but the man standing next to them is dead. The man killed is a federal prosecutor named David Sanger.

The shooter abandoned the truck not far from the station. When the police discovered the truck, a newspaper clipping is found inside that led the police to thi...more

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Jan 25, 2011

Redfox5 rated it

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Shelves: crime, fiction

I'm really getting into crime books now. I like how fast paced they are. This was quiet a quick read. Liked the plot. I was a bit disappointed when our hero Ty fell for the oldest trick in the book. Men are dumb when it comes to females but I would have thought Ty was smarter than that. I felt there was also some unfinished business when it came to Karen. I don't understand why he was starting something up with Annie. As for why people were being killed, I didn't really understand about the gen...more

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Dec 11, 2010

Shelley R rated it

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Detective Ty Hauck plunges into what seems like a vicious case of retribution and follows the trail to a sinister gambling scheme at an upstate casino. Until Annie Fletcher, a young restaurateur in the midst of rebuilding her life, witnesses something she shouldn't have - and immediately runs to him with what she knows. Suddenly, Hauck is pulled into a rising storm far greater than it first appeared - a storm wide enough to encompass corruption inside Greenwich's circle of wealthy and powerful c...more

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Jun 28, 2011

Sheila Beaumont rated it

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Shelves: adult-fiction, mysteries-and-thrillers

This twisty, suspenseful murder mystery and thriller is a real page-turner. The characters are more realistic than those in many thrillers. The hero, Ty Hauck, for example, is a conscientious crusader for truth and justice against corruption among the rich and powerful, but he is flawed. He has a couple of lapses in judgment, falling for one obvious trap that you'd think he'd be smart enough to avoid. The story is well-told, the dialogue natural, the pace fast. With its short chapters, this book...more

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Jun 09, 2009

Bob rated it

577 LP Lt. Ty Hauck of the Greenwich Police dept. is in a connivence store with his daughter when a SUV pulls up outside the door, a window goes down and a muzzle pokes out. 80 some rounds later, one man is dead, Ty has a graze on the neck and his daughter is ok but in shock. Thus begins a tale of hired gangs, more killings, ties to a big Indian casino and eventually politics at high level and TY is in the middle trying to get to the bottom of it all. Does he succeed? You will have to read Do...more

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Jun 13, 2010

Nike Chillemi rated it

A good enough read, I'd recommend, but hero Ty Hauk makes a number of stupid mistakes which serve to propell the action forward and get him in deeper and deeper. I usually don't like a dectective who makes that many mistakes. One mistake is allowed, even desired so the hero's not super human, but so many makes him almost bumbling. Still, he's an engaging character and I found myself forgiving his flaws.

The gist of it is there's a drive by shooting which kills a federal prosecutor. I...more

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Jun 02, 2009

Kercelia rated it

Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross is a book filled with suspense, but I came away feeling that there were too many loose ends. Detective Ty Hauck is the hero in a small New England town. A quick stop-off at the neighborhood mini-mart turns into terror for Ty and his teenaged daughter. He rightly feels that a drive-by shooting in an upscale small town definitely deserves a closer look. Before he knows it he is entangled in a complicated series of red herrings. I did not enjoy this book as muc...more

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Jun 11, 2010

Crystal rated it

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Shelves: audiobook, library, read-june-2010

First since this was an audiobook, let me review that part, and next I will get to the actual book content. Don't Look Twice was read by Christian Hoff, who I don't believe I have listened to before. Christian Hoff is a good reader, he used enough different voices/accents so that I could tell the people apart without much thought. The production is well-done and this audiobook does one thing that I just recently realized is very important to me. They use music at the beginning and end of eac...moreFirst since this was an audiobook, let me review that part, and next I will get to the actual book content. Don't Look Twice was read by Christian Hoff, who I don't believe I have listened to before. Christian Hoff is a good reader, he used enough different voices/accents so that I could tell the people apart without much thought. The production is well-done and this audiobook does one thing that I just recently realized is very important to me. They use music at the beginning and end of each disc, so when it gets to the end, I know to switch to the next disc. This may sound very simple and obvious when the end of the disc gets there, but I am listening with two children in the van who often are fighting and I may miss that the disc has ended and my cd player goes back to the beginning, so I may go as long as 5 minutes until I realize I have heard what I am listening to before. Therefore some sort of signal that it's the end of the disc is great for me.

For the actual book - I love Andrew Gross books. I loved when he was co-writing with James Patterson and made sure I read his first solo effort and then his second shortly after they came out. Last year his third book and second in the Ty Hauck series came out but it was right after I started my blog so I missed it. So when Reckless came out this year, I knew I had to read Don't Look Twice first so I requested it from the library. I'm glad I did. Though I did get lost a few times, but I think that is more from listening in fits and spurts and with the kids sometimes yelling in the background. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, thought it was well-paced and enjoyed seeing more of Ty in this book.

I also enjoyed learning about Warren, Ty's brother. He added a lot to the book at times and was a great contrast to Ty. The story moved quickly, was a little predictable at times, but that really didn't take away from it at all. It was a great thrill ride and has me anxious for the latest installment, Reckless to see what happens between Ty and his new love interest and also what will happen next in his life.

As a word of warning - the language is a little rough at times in this book. That may or may not matter to you, but if you are listening to the book in your car with kids around, just be warned. I wish I had known :) However it was a good teaching experience because if my 5-year-old heard - he would say "Mommy, that man said a bad word".

Overall a very enjoyable book.

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Apr 27, 2010

Katie rated it

I really enjoyed reading this book. The pacing of this book was excellent. Lately it seems like most authors follow the cliff hanger at the end of each chapter "rule" to keep readers hooked. This book wasn't like that all. It had a strong steady paced that gradually increased the closer you got to the end. By the time I got to the last 150 pages I realized how captivating the plot had become and couldn't put it down. It was a refreshing and captivating read (by an author I had never re...more

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May 11, 2011

Toni Osborne rated it

Book2, in the Lieutenant Ty Hauck series

This is the author's follow up to "The Dark Tide", its storyline is captivating enough although heavy on old clichés and a touch formulaic in style. It nevertheless has some of the elements to make it a page turner and leave most satisfied and happy.

This story opens with a bang and keeps a steady pace throughout. It starts one morning with Ty and his daughter waiting in line at the cash of an Exxon station when out of the bl...more

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Aug 01, 2009

Teresa in Ohio rated it

Shelves: gross-andrew

Gross starts out the book with a bang and it just accerlates to the middle when it seemed he hit the brakes and then found the gas pedal for an explosive ending. Ty the local police chief is out on a weekend visit with his daughter when a drive by shooting happens at the Exxon where they are shopping. There are a couple possibilites of who the intended target or motive for the shooting could be. For a while we are following one trail, when aburptly a new idea is introduced. A few things happe...more

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Apr 29, 2009

Horizon rated it

Shelves: bob-in-petoskey-picks

In his third novel out of the shadow of James Patterson, Gross cranks up the heat and the volume. I really enjoyed his first two solo efforts, but i really liked this one. Each book has gotten better than the last, and I can't wait for the next installment. His characters are believable, the plot is many layered and delivered well, and the pace is intense. I could not put this book down and found myself searching for excuses to stop whatever else I was doing just to sit down and read some more.

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May 25, 2009

Donna rated it

Ty Hauck is going fishing with his daughter. They stop at a convenience store and while waiting in line, they are fired on by two young men who drive up to the window and spray the store with bullets. The government agent behind them is killed. Ty gets to try and find out who sent the gang members as his instincts tell him this is now the vengeance slaying that it is portrayed. Ty believes the government agent was deliberately targeted.
There is lots of intrigue and red herrings.

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Apr 29, 2009

Bob rated it

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May 06, 2010

Nancy Black rated it

I finally found out what happened to Ty's younger daughter, wicked fast paced read. Couldn't put it down. I see a lot of reviewers didn't enjoy this so much. For me I had no problems at all. Concise, thrilling and unstoppable reading.

Kudos to Andrew Gross!! Can't wait to find more of his books!!

I received this book along with his Reckless through Goodreads. Thank you so much Goodreads!!

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Mar 25, 2009

Hugh Miller rated it

The best Gross novel so far, in my opinion. Another Ty Hauck novel. This one starts with a drive-by shooting that seems to be a coverup for another crime. Then layer upon layer of crimes get unravelled over the source of the book. You can't be sure whether you're reading about the base crime until there's less than 50 pages left!

A fun read!

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Apr 13, 2009

Carol rated it

Detective Ty Hauck returns in this new novel that begins with a drive-by killing in the posh suburb of Greenwich, Ct. Enter a fascinating cast of corrupt politicians,and powerful businessmen. The case appears at first to be a revenge killing, but it gradually grows into something much more sinister. This is a fast-paced thriller that I really enjoyed.

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Feb 05, 2011

Pamela rated it

This was my first Andrew Gross novel and I think it will be my last. I spent a good part of yesterday travelling, hence the reason the book is finished. I had nothing else to read with me. It's so annoying when you are not keen on a book. It just didn't grip me at all. I had heard a lot of good things about Andrew Gross. Does he have better novels?

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May 24, 2010

Mark rated it

Shelves: police-pi-mystery, political-thriller

Greenwich Det. Ty Hauck is certainly a compelling character, as are others that Gross develops, as the story unfolds...wonderful storyline regarding murders surrounding the politics of state sponsored gambling...I'm sucked into the story "bigtime"...it eventually involves Hauck's older brother and enough political pressure to make Hauck take an opportunity with a private security firm...I breathlessly await the 3rd installment!!!

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Mar 13, 2010

Wendy rated it

Shelves: xxx100-books-in-2010, fiction, mystery, xxxspring-2010-challenge

I read this in one sitting. Lots of plot twists and excellent research into corruption. This book was fast paced and scary. The miracle was that Hauck was able to resolve all of the conflicts. I especially enjoyed that once again the Feds were part of the corruption. Read it-you'll enjoy it. A must read for mystery/suspense fans.

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Mar 14, 2010

Heather P rated it

Okay, Andrew Gross is a great writer however I didn't feel that this was his best work. It was a goodread but I didn't care for the story line or the ending. I'm glad that I read it and I will read the new book Reckless that is coming out. His first 2 books on the other hand I loved. I think this was just a personal preference for me that it wasn't a fav, but worth a read. I thought the book was slow going and then it really picked up after page 100. Happy Reading. Heather

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Jan 02, 2012

Lisa rated it

What a great triller featuring one of my personal favorite "leading men", Ty Hauck.

This is a story loaded with real life issues (i.e. gambling & corrupt coorperate players), mixed in with some stunning, believable twists and turns.

I was SAD when this book ended!

Enjoy,
Lisa the NookWorm
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