- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Coronet Books; New edition edition (Sep 19 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0340769416
- ISBN-13: 978-0340769416
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 3 x 17.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (116 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #222,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What would you steal if you couldn't get caught? That's the tag line of Brad Meltzer's new thriller, which pits an ambitious young money manager against a corporate villain, whose intricate financial shenanigans accidentally put a huge chunk of dough right in front of a man who desperately needs it. Of course Oliver Caruso's conscience troubles him, but that doesn't keep him from letting his somewhat looser and less ethical brother convince him this is too good an opportunity to pass up. Meltzer's in interesting territory here, but in order to buy his premise, you have to believe that it's OK to steal if you have a good enough reason. This makes his protagonist, who narrates the novel, hard to root for and less than sympathetic. Despite this hollow ring, the book is nicely plotted and should please the author's enthusiastic fan club. --Jane Adams
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
This giddy fourth thriller by Meltzer (The First Counsel) mixes up banking, cyber-theft and Disney World in a fast-paced, fresh-scrubbed tale of financial adventure. Oliver Caruso is sweating out some scut work for Henry Lapidus, bigwig at Greene & Greene, a private bank so exclusive clients require $2 million just to open an account. When Oliver and his younger brother, Charlie, find proof that Lapidus has been sabotaging Oliver's career plans, the brothers conspire to rip off the lingering balance from a deceased client's account. Silly boys! Not only is the local security goon Shep (formerly Secret Service) already chiseling in on their scam, the real Secret Service thugs are on the case almost immediately. The $3 million the Carusos swiped has somehow cybernetically blossomed overnight to over $300 million. Desperate to clear their names, the boys escape to Florida, following the money to the daughter of the deceased millionaire, a former tech wizard for Disney with a secret invention everyone in this book would happily kill for. The ins and outs of how to steal money that isn't really there makes for an interesting premise if you don't think about it too much, but two flaws detract from the action. First, the narrative POV jumps too often from one character to the next and from present tense to past, making for a choppy read. Second, the novel's juvenile flavor from the PI who bluffs her way into a building by claiming to be searching for her mother's favorite sock to the hapless schoolboy dialogue ("You touched her cookies, didn't you?") loudly proclaims its Hardy Boys heritage. (Jan. 8)Forecast: Meltzer's legion of fans will jump-start sales of his latest, prompted by massive television, print, radio and transit advertising campaigns and a 12-city author tour.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A promise that soured,
By Looks4Books (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Millionaires (Mass Market Paperback)
The first chapters were very promising. The author managed to give me a wonderful flavour of the two main characters, but alas... The pace is frenetic but past page 200 the wonderful characters start becoming flat, a run and chase thriller that I could not seem to embrace. I became more and more disinterested in the plight of the brothers. Two supposedly brilliant minds who quite never caught up to the vast "conspiracy" surrounding them, even when it was as clear as glass just wiped with Windex. I can't quite come up with a solid reason why this story didn't draw me in... for that I'll give it 3 stars
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Millionaires was not up to par,
By photog48 "khc20" (Anthem, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Millionaires (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read Meltzer's The First Counsel and found it a fast paced enjoyable read. The Millionaires, while an easy read, just did not grab me. I found the interplay between the brothers Oliver and Charlie, somewhat sophmoric. While I don't recall getting their ages, this read more like a Hardy Boys novel than a taut thriller. Many of the sub plots defied credibility. How these two 'boys' go up against two secret service men just doesn't cut it - neither is close to a Jason Bourne type.Just did not seem near the level of Greg Iles, or even Stehpen Coonts (whose books I was reading concurrently). I may try another Meltzer novel just to see if this was an anomaly or more typical of his fare.
2.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Millionaires (Mass Market Paperback)
The dialogue and the plot is not much different from "The Tenth Justice", so if you like that it is fine. Otherwise I found it to be without much new thinking and creativity.If you have the choice, read something else.
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