In this, the fourth installment in the Sam Acquillo series, Sam's past reaches out to pull him back into the world of big money and even bigger ego...
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Oct 18, 2009
LJ
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First Sentence: I didn’t like anything about that big, dumb, ugly SUV.
Sam Acquillo is hired by his former boss, George Donovan, to find his missing girlfriend, Iku Kinjo. He tracks her to a house on Long Island, where a number of young successful Manhattan business people are living. However, it soon becomes apparent there is more than a missing girl involved in this case.
I wasn’t as taken by this book as I have been by previous books in the series. I do like the char More...
Sam Acquillo is hired by his former boss, George Donovan, to find his missing girlfriend, Iku Kinjo. He tracks her to a house on Long Island, where a number of young successful Manhattan business people are living. However, it soon becomes apparent there is more than a missing girl involved in this case.
I wasn’t as taken by this book as I have been by previous books in the series. I do like the char More...
Aug 04, 2009
William
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This book was a better-than-average, "who dunnit" murder mystery. The author preferred to use the typical recipe for this genre but with a few twists in style. Rather than end each chapter with a question or puzzle which prompts the reader to continue reading on obsessively into the next chapter, ad infinitum, Knopf uses the opportunity to render an esoteric or philosophical thought which allows to reader to pause and contemplate, thus bringing the chapter to a "natural" term
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Aug 23, 2009
Margo
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This is the first book I've read by Knopf. Although it is part of a series, I had no trouble understanding the characters and what was going on. I did NOT feel lost because I hadn't read the previous books in the series.
Knopf wrote some great action scenes in the book. I really enjoyed the car chase scene and the way in which the main character got out of the situation. If the whole book had been written in a similar fashion, I would have given it more stars.
However, I fe More...
Knopf wrote some great action scenes in the book. I really enjoyed the car chase scene and the way in which the main character got out of the situation. If the whole book had been written in a similar fashion, I would have given it more stars.
However, I fe More...
Aug 06, 2009
Tressa
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I enjoyed the writing style as it evoked a sense of old detectives/private-eyes. I think it would be a great book to listen to as the writing seemed to be more conversationalist. The swearing got old and I felt that even though Sam was a tough guy--take no smack from anyone--that his language could have been cleaned up a bit and that of some of the other characters. I like how Sam interacts with everyone and how even though he uses everyone to help him solve the case that you still like him a
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Aug 06, 2009
Tom
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I just won this from the giveaways. It was good.
Sam Acquillo has a history that I need to know more about. In this story he is extorted into working for his previous boss to find a missing girlfriend. Instead he finds her lifeless body and decides he needs to find out who killed her and why.
I enjoyed the story, but there were definately parts missing. Some of the story was a bit disjointed, like the characters knew something I didn't. I may have to work back through the o More...
Sam Acquillo has a history that I need to know more about. In this story he is extorted into working for his previous boss to find a missing girlfriend. Instead he finds her lifeless body and decides he needs to find out who killed her and why.
I enjoyed the story, but there were definately parts missing. Some of the story was a bit disjointed, like the characters knew something I didn't. I may have to work back through the o More...
Jun 22, 2009
Karen
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This fourth book in Chris Knopf's Sam Acquillo books is terrific.
Sam is a fascinating character--a complicated man who suffers a spectacular meltdown before the series begins. Often his own worst enemy, Sam gains some hard won self knowledge over the course of the novels. His past life, which is quite different than his current situation, is revealed slowly in small glimpses.
Some of the things I liked about this mystery include the setting, the non-millionaire side of the Ham More...
Sam is a fascinating character--a complicated man who suffers a spectacular meltdown before the series begins. Often his own worst enemy, Sam gains some hard won self knowledge over the course of the novels. His past life, which is quite different than his current situation, is revealed slowly in small glimpses.
Some of the things I liked about this mystery include the setting, the non-millionaire side of the Ham More...
Sep 29, 2009
Sarah
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A slightly formulaic but nonetheless enjoyable entry into the genre. Sam Acquillo makes for a flawed & likeable hero, and the Hamptons setting is a welcome change of pace from the mean streets and rural backwaters in which hardboiled guys like Sam usually operate. The plot was a bit convoluted; the story kept moving, but the directions in which it was going weren't always easy to track. I'll read more Sam Aquillo books.
Sep 13, 2009
Holly
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This book was ok - it reminded me a bit of a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, but I didn't care about the characters as much. The main character reluctantly agrees to help his former boss who fired him find a woman he claims is his lover. I just didn't get into the story enough to really care about the characters. In fairness, this is the 4th book in a series, maybe if I read the other previous books, it would be better. This was not a bad book, but not one I will likely pick up to read again.
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Aug 03, 2009
Agifvan
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A little slow moving at first. Sam Acquillo is a strong character. Some eloquent language, which I enjoyed. Not predictable either.
Oct 13, 2009
Jon
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Ok so I actually finished this a long time ago but forgot to write a review. Well, it was pretty good overall. I think the main character was pretty well done and I felt like I was inside his head most of the time. The story was not bad if I remember. Pretty good if you like a mystery/action/thriller.
Mar 22, 2010
Steve
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If there's an heir to the sainted John D's Travis McGee on the mystery shelves today, it's surely the two-fisted vodka connoisseur and knight errant Sam Acquillo, the hero of Chris Knopf's series set in the Hamptons.
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