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Summary: fabulous suspense thriller
Review: Phil Broker spent his years on the St. Paul's police department as a deep undercover cop. When he left the force, he owned and operated a small resort on Lake Superior. He also help his uncle guide hunters near Ely so he doesn't have time to think that his wife took their baby and went back into the Army after her maternity leave was up. Broker wanted her to stay stateside while she wanted him to go to Europe with her to watch the baby.
The effect of their separation leaves Phil vulnerable as well as miserable and on edge. When he guided three men into the wilderness to look for moose one became very sick. They were able to get him medical help, but something went wrong and the patient was technically brain dead. Phil believes he sees an awareness in the man's eyes and together they find a way to go after the person who seems to have gotten away with killing an innocent man.
Chuck Logan is going to do for suspense thrillers what John Grisham has done for legal thrillers. His prose is crisp, colorful and pointed with not one wasted word. Yet he makes scenes so realistic and colorful that the readers feel that they are mentally watching a video. ABSOLUTE ZERO has so many twists and turns that one never knows from one minute to the next what is going to happen except that this novel is absolutely perfect. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: CHILLING
Review: Silly me...I read this and it's follow-up (Vapor Trail), not realizing they were a series. So now I have to go back and read THE PRICE OF BLOOD and THE BIG LAW. However, even though starting here, Logan has certainly created some interesting characters in Phil Broker and his assorted buddies, especially Merryweather who has of all things..AN OSTRICH FARM! But...there is one heck of a scene in which this ostrich helps our hero out, and it is awesome!
This has an original plot, and it reminds me so much of such early thrillers as "Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Body Heat." Miss Jolene Sommer is one piece of work. The characters of Earl, Jolene's ex-stud, Miles the lawyer and Allan the doctor are also very well developed. Of course, Hank Sommer comes across very sympathetic, too, as he watches the people around him plot his demise.
Broker is a fun, no-nonsense hero, and since I haven't truly met his wife, Nina, I couldn't relate well to his marital plight...but what the heck??
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK..HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: CHILLING
Review: Silly me...I read this and it's follow-up (Vapor Trail), not realizing they were a series. So now I have to go back and read THE PRICE OF BLOOD and THE BIG LAW. However, even though starting here, Logan has certainly created some interesting characters in Phil Broker and his assorted buddies, especially Merryweather who has of all things..AN OSTRICH FARM! But...there is one heck of a scene in which this ostrich helps our hero out, and it is awesome!
This has an original plot, and it reminds me so much of such early thrillers as "Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Body Heat." Miss Jolene Sommer is one piece of work. The characters of Earl, Jolene's ex-stud, Miles the lawyer and Allan the doctor are also very well developed. Of course, Hank Sommer comes across very sympathetic, too, as he watches the people around him plot his demise.
Broker is a fun, no-nonsense hero, and since I haven't truly met his wife, Nina, I couldn't relate well to his marital plight...but what the heck??
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK..HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: Great start, but slows to a crawl . . .
Review: The first 80 pages (paperback) are top-rate, fast-paced action. Then it slows to a crawl while Logan tries to develop his characters. This is NOT a "page turner". Take your time, and you'll be matching the pace of this book. It picks up again about page 300 or so. And the action descriptions in the coldest night in Minnesota history is not as dramatic as I expected. Other reviewers hype this book too highly. It's "okay", but no match for James Patterson or Alastair McLean.
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Summary: Page turner - for a while
Review: The first 80 pages rush at you like the snow storm that drives the action. Then the story meanders for a while before a good end game. This one is worth the time.
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Summary: the tape IS thrilling. But, after reading some excerpts . .
Review: The suspense of which characters are going to gang up on which victims, made me forget about time, space and the pain of my broken foot. This is the first Chuck Logan thriller I've read. Abridged audiotape. I'm glad I read the reviews because some of the vivid, descriptive prose in the hardback book has been omitted on the tape. Now that I have read the reviews and seen the list of Logan's books, I have to say: 1)I cannot wait for the other books to be put on tape, so I'll read the paperbacks. 2)The other reviews sum up the characters and plot better than I can. 3)Yes, I did think it was lightweight at first. I said if there are no women on the flip side, I will stop the tape. (women appeared) I am so glad I didn't stop. 4)My daughter just returned from the store with pain pills and a Logan paperback. Which sack should I open first?
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Summary: First Logan novel.
Review: This is my frst Chuck Logan novel and I have to say it will not be my last! Starting with a very exciting camping / canoe trip to supposed murder, this haunted ex-cop with a world of problems of his own goes on to win out in the very cold Minnasota winter. Good story telling!
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Summary: First Logan novel.
Review: This is my frst Chuck Logan novel and I have to say it will not be my last! Starting with a very exciting camping / canoe trip to supposed murder, this haunted ex-cop with a world of problems of his own goes on to win out in the very cold Minnasota winter. Good story telling!
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Summary: Very good thriller....
Review: This was my first Chuck Logan book and I enjoyed it very much. The novel begins with a thrill-a-minute canoe/camping trip and continues on back in Ely with a very interesting story and cast of characters. The ending also is action packed. I gave it four stars instead of five because I felt the action bogged down in the middle a bit, but this is a very good thriller, well written and well worth reading. I will read his other novels.
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Summary: 3.5 Stars
Review: This was my first Chuck Logan book, and I could sense that I was missing out on a lot of background story. I really liked how the book started out so fast-paced and intense, and kept it up for about the first 100 pages. And overall, I found the plot to be interesting and enjoyable, and the characters relatively interesting and well-rounded. I guess my only confusion was the relative lack of any moral barometer in the main character, Phil Broker. We are told he has a wife and young daughter, but then he spends much of the book pretty much going back and forth between 2 other women. I definitely felt like I was missing something that might explain his behavior. Including ostriches in the plot was interesting. And being from the Mpls./St. Paul area, it was kinda fun to actually know some of the towns/roads/areas he mentions in the book.
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