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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
fabulous suspense thriller,
This review is from: Absolute Zero (Hardcover)
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
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the tape IS thrilling. But, after reading some excerpts . .,
By data (Yuma, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Absolute Zero (Hardcover)
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?
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
3.5 Stars,
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This review is from: Absolute Zero (Hardcover)
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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