Stealing People
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BS7N7EY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 198 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since then, he's written many acclaimed crime novels including the CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD-winning A SMALL DEATH IN LISBON and the Falcon series, recently adapted for television. . Find out more at robert-wilson. Eventually, Rob settled in Portugal, and turned to novels. His first novel featuring Charlie Boxer, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT was shortlisted for CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD. Robert Wilson has lived and worked around the wor
Wilson unravels a convincing web of international intrigue in a world where heroism may breed vice and virtue is an accidental byproduct of crime.. Mercy balances a complicated personal life with an even more precarious professional one in the woefully under-resourced metropolitan police department. Investigators stymied and time expiring, they seem set on a calamitous course. Both are suddenly pulled back into service when six children of wealthy families vanish, taken by a ruthlessly efficient organization with a single astonishing demand. Trapped, off-balance, and with little left to lose they plunge into a cauldron of warring intelligence agencies, morally destitute billionaires, and human traffickers, coming finally to a fateful Moroccan reckoning that will forever change t
CRIME REVIEW One of my favourite thriller heroes -- Alex Gordon PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH . BITE THE BOOK The action is fast, complex and at times very, very unexpected. These hallmarks have shot Wilson's thrillers featuring kidnap negotiator Charlie Boxer onto my 'must read' list.' PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH 'If you enjoy kidnap thrillers, you'll love this one. Gripping LITERARY REVIEW 'Wilson is a master at creating suspense, but it's his depiction of the evil that men do that is truly outstanding.' CATHOLIC HERALD 'Tense, high-concept entertainment masterfully delivered.' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Clever, complex and compelling. Not only is it exciting and unpredictable but it must contain more kidna
L. Lyons said They should have published the next draft. I have very mixed reactions to this novel. On the plus side, I kept turning pages to see what would happen in spite of the plot being rather rambling and somehow overly self-indulgent. Mr. Wilson would do well to read Ross MacDonald and learn more about crisp plotting. It is amazing to me that the seemingly two-dimensional Lew Archer feels like a real human being while Charles Boxer remains a cardboard cut-out, likable yes, but somehow not real.Mr. Wilson seems to want to write both a pot-boiler thriller (nothing wrong with that) and novel that explores themes such as ambiguity, ambivalence, an. Robert Wilson hits a home run again Stephen A. Sturdevant Another top notch story from Robert Wilson - If you are not reading Robert Wilson then you really missing out on a great treat.. Mr. Wilson, you've got to let Charles Boxer Amazon Customer Mr. Wilson, you've got to let Charles Boxer be Charles Boxer. Perhaps you are waiting for the next installment.