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The Debt #4
Fetch the Treasure Hunter, The Debt Installment 4
Book four of the high-octane thriller series, and this time the challenge is international! Dom has three more Herculean tasks to perform... or lose a pound of flesh. In this instalment he must find and bring home an expert underwater archaeologist from the other side of the world.
349 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2013
About the author
Phillip Gwynne
64 books32 followersPhillip Gwynne's first novel Deadly Unna? the literary hit of 1998, has now sold over 180,000 copies. It was made into the feature film Australian Rules for which Phillip won an AFI award. The sequel, Nukkin Ya, was published to great acclaim in 2000. He has also written The Worst Team Ever, Born to Bake, and A Chook Called Harry in the Aussie Bites series, and Jetty Rats. Phillip's latest novel, the adult detective thriller The Build Up, is being made into a 13-part TV series on SBS, and his YA novel, Swerve, will be published in 2010.
He now lives in Leura, New South Wales, with his wife and three children: aged 17, 2 and 1
He now lives in Leura, New South Wales, with his wife and three children: aged 17, 2 and 1
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February 22, 2020
I began reading this series before allowing my 13-year old boys to read them...I wanted to gauge their appropriateness. The storyline is exciting, but the plot full of holes. I'm sure my boys will love them, but don't recommend the series for adults. There are two books left in the series and I will read them, but mostly because I can't stop a series once I'm this far into it.
July 22, 2018
Good installment... soldiering on.
January 31, 2016
Another great book in this series! The action just does not stop, and for every mystery that we solve another puzzle, another enigma, pops up in its place!
In this book, Dom is hoping to run in the World Youth Olympics in Rome, but when he gets there the Italian mafia is out for his blood, as well as a young man with a particular vendetta against his family. He gets into knife fights, he's running from the police, he smuggles a valuable coin into the country, he breaks into places and breaks out of places! And through it all, Dom is just trying to get to one man, a famous treasure hunter, who the Debt wants in Australia ASAP.
But aside from his task for the Debt, Dom is training in the Olympic races trying to keep his running career from going down the drain, and he decides to branch off on a little mission of his own. He goes digging into his family heritage at an old village church, and makes more enemies and allies than he can handle. Dom gets into some serious trouble, but the writing is always humorous and sarcastic, making this a fun and quick read.
I was disappointed that there is almost nothing with Dom's family or his friends, Tristan and Imogen, in this book. But they got a lot of exposure and development in the last two books, so this book focuses more on some other areas, and other friends, like Seb and Rashid.
I am so intrigued by the mystery surrounding Seb. Is he friend or foe? He seems to be helping Dom, but for what purpose? And he never questions Dom's weird excuses or plans. He's definitely up to something. I just wish I knew what! The suspense!! Must. Keep. Reading.
The descriptions of Italy are perfection. I could really feel myself there at the Colosseum with Dom and his friends.
Throughout all these books, the descriptions of running are also really relatable. I don't even like running, but when Dom describes how he feels when he is running, I can understand his mindset. His love for running pours off the page! Really good writing!
In this book, Dom is hoping to run in the World Youth Olympics in Rome, but when he gets there the Italian mafia is out for his blood, as well as a young man with a particular vendetta against his family. He gets into knife fights, he's running from the police, he smuggles a valuable coin into the country, he breaks into places and breaks out of places! And through it all, Dom is just trying to get to one man, a famous treasure hunter, who the Debt wants in Australia ASAP.
But aside from his task for the Debt, Dom is training in the Olympic races trying to keep his running career from going down the drain, and he decides to branch off on a little mission of his own. He goes digging into his family heritage at an old village church, and makes more enemies and allies than he can handle. Dom gets into some serious trouble, but the writing is always humorous and sarcastic, making this a fun and quick read.
I was disappointed that there is almost nothing with Dom's family or his friends, Tristan and Imogen, in this book. But they got a lot of exposure and development in the last two books, so this book focuses more on some other areas, and other friends, like Seb and Rashid.
I am so intrigued by the mystery surrounding Seb. Is he friend or foe? He seems to be helping Dom, but for what purpose? And he never questions Dom's weird excuses or plans. He's definitely up to something. I just wish I knew what! The suspense!! Must. Keep. Reading.
The descriptions of Italy are perfection. I could really feel myself there at the Colosseum with Dom and his friends.
Throughout all these books, the descriptions of running are also really relatable. I don't even like running, but when Dom describes how he feels when he is running, I can understand his mindset. His love for running pours off the page! Really good writing!
April 3, 2015
L'action et le rythme du récit nous embarquent à travers les aventures de Dom. Les rebondissements et développements imprévus sont nombreux. Dom est de plus en plus isolé. Du moins, c'est le sentiment qu'il a alors qu'il doit continuellement mentir et cacher ses actions aux autres. Sa relation avec sa meilleure amie Imogen ne semble pas s'améliorer. Les liens avec les membres de sa famille s’étiolent. Tout au long du récit, le lecteur prend conscience, comme le fait Dom lui-même, qu'il y a beaucoup plus derrière les missions qu'un simple remboursement à la Dette. Comment son père est-il parvenu à cette situation sociale enviable ? Pourquoi prétend-il ne jamais être retourné en Italie ? Pourquoi sa mère et le jardinier semblent-ils si proche ? Autant de questions qui viennent étayer le récit et nous interrogent, nous donnant envie de poursuivre la découverte de cette série.
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February 28, 2015
16/20
En bref, un quatrième tome dans lequel on commence à voir se profiler la fin de cette aventure. Dom vit toujours des choses aussi intenses et nous aussi par la même occasion. Les pages se tournent très vite, j'étais curieuse de voir ce qu'il allait découvrir et j'ai, comme lui, énormément de question pour la suite de ces contrats. Vivement !
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En bref, un quatrième tome dans lequel on commence à voir se profiler la fin de cette aventure. Dom vit toujours des choses aussi intenses et nous aussi par la même occasion. Les pages se tournent très vite, j'étais curieuse de voir ce qu'il allait découvrir et j'ai, comme lui, énormément de question pour la suite de ces contrats. Vivement !
http://www.leslecturesdemylene.com/20...
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