Chasing the Dime

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The phone messages waiting for Henry Pierce clearly aren t for him Where is Lilly This is her number It s on the site Pierce has just moved into a new apartment, and he s been chasing the dime doing all it takes so his company comes out first with a scientific breakthrough worth millions But he can t get the messages for Lilly out of his head As Pierce tries to help a woman he has never met, he steps into a world of escorts, websites, sex, and secret passions A world where his success and expertise mean nothingand where he becomes the chief suspect in a murder case, trapped in the fight of his life. Download Chasing the Dime By Michael Connelly – kino-fada.fr A couple of days ago, I wrote a review complaining because one of my favorite authors, John Lescroart, had set a plot into motion by having his protagonist do something incredibly stupid Now, another of my favorite authors, Michael Connelly, has done exactly the same thing.In Connelly s defense, this book was first published in 2002 It s his eleventh book overall, and does not feature Harry Bosch or any of the other series characters that Connelly has introduced through the years The...I never, ever, ever thought I would put a Michael Connelly book down But never say never This stand alone was so contrived and the protagonist was so damned stupid it just annoyed me to no end Here he is the founder and CEO or whatever of a multi million dollar company and he acts like he a verified idiot if there is such a thing He acts stupid, stupid, stupid I love Michael Connelly and have raved on about both his series, Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller but either one of them haveI never, ever, ever thought I would put a Michael Connelly book down But never say never This stand alone was so contrived and the protagonist was so damned stupid it just annoyed me to no end Here he is the founder and CEO or whatever of a multi million dollar company and he acts like he a verified idiot if there is such a thing He acts stupid, stupid, stupid I love Michael Connelly and have raved on about both his series, Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller but either one of them hav...Ok read too far fetched of a storyline to believedM.Connelly could have done better and has because there are many of his excellent and well written books out there,this just isnt one of them paperbackUn thriller di buon livello atipico per Connelly, dato che che non appartiene n alla serie Bosh n alla serie Haller Solito livello abbastanza elevato, questo autore abilissimo nel tenere alta la tensione Crea dipendenza, a chi piace il genere, beninteso.Il titolo non c entra nulla con la vicenda Chi l ha inventato non ha letto il libro Verso la fine c uno scivolone Strano, di solito i libri di Connelly sono molto accurati Renner stava gi per prendere la pistola dalla fondina, ma Un thriller di buon livello atipico per Connelly, dato che che non appartiene n alla serie Bosh n alla serie Haller Solito livello abbastanza elevato, questo autore abilissimo nel tenere alta la tensione Crea dipendenza, a chi piace il genere, beninteso.Il titolo non c entra nulla con la vicend...I didn t like the main character Henry so I couldn t enjoy the story He does stupid things for 90% of the book.STORY BRIEF The background and secondary story Henry is a computer science chemist He formed a company to research molecular computing He has created a molecular energy source call Proteus He needs 12 million to mov...I like Connelly s Harry Bosch series, and the Lincoln Lawyer has its charm So did Blood Work.The protagonist in this one, Henry Pierce, left me cold Erratic, old, lacking the passion you d expect The first half seemed slow because of the character But fortunately Connelly bound and...READER S SUBJECTIVE REVIEW FOLLOWS By pure happenstance I stumbled upon a Michael Connelly book that wasn t featuring Harry Bosch Henry Pierce is a start up high tech entrepreneur who has created molecular RAM, the engine that will power the next generation of computers Although he s aware of the market implications of molecular RAM, he is na ve in underestimating the treachery his closest associates will go to steal it from him If ever there was a perfect example of a who done it mystery, Ch READER S SUBJECTIVE REVIEW FOLLOWS By pure happenstance I stumbled upon a Michael Connelly book that wasn t featuring Harry Bosch Henry Pierce is a start up high tech entrepreneur who has created molecular RAM, the engine that will power the next generation of computers Although he s aware of the market implications of molecular RAM, he is na ve in underestimating the treachery his closest associates will go to steal it from him If ever there was a perfect example of a who done it mystery, Chasing the Dime is it Connelly stretches out the drama so effectively that the reader has no clue who the real culprit is until the last thirty pages of the book He achieves this by not introducing the chief antagonist until late in the action, by which time the reader is wondering if the story can possibly wrap i...Non Harry Bosch a little light on plausibility, but still fun It s a remarkable coincidence that in the very same month Nov 2002 that Michael Crichton published Prey , a novel about nanotechnology and minuscule robots, Michael Connelly brings out a book on virtually the identical subject Protagonist whiz kid Henry Pierce is about to patent amazing ...I ll be honest I m a little biased when it comes to my favorite authors Michael Connelly is one of my favorite authors The reason I say I ll be honest is because I wanted to give this book 2 stars because the main character just kept making me upset The story hooks from the beginning But I, like other readers, could not understand what was motivating the protagonist to find this woman who s number he was given accidentally Had it not been for the ending, I would have felt this book was a I ll be honest I m a little biased when it comes to my favorite authors Michael Connelly is one of my favorite authors The reason I say I ll be honest is because I wanted to give this book 2 stars because the main character just k...An almost perfect mystery novel.

Chasing the Dime
  • English
  • 05 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 448 pages
  • 044661162X
  • Michael Connelly
  • Chasing the Dime