The Dark Tide (Free for a Limited Time - With Bonus Material) [Kindle Edition]

Andrew Gross (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Gross, who's partnered with James Patterson on a number of bestsellers (Lifeguard, etc.), mixes murder, suspense, sex and romance as capably as his mentor in his assured second solo thriller (after The Blue Zone). Charles Friedman, a New York hedge fund trader, perishes in a bombing at Grand Central Station that destroys the railroad car in which he was riding one morning from his home in Greenwich, Conn. Ty Hauck, head of the Greenwich police's violent crime unit, enters the picture when a hit-and-run victim turns out to have a vague connection to Friedman. Soon, Friedman's widow and her kids are threatened by men searching for vast sums of money her late husband never earned. The stakes rise as Hauck's involvement shifts from professional to personal. While the reader will occasionally see the next drop, tunnel or curve looming far ahead, the roller-coaster thrills are still there in abundance. (Mar.)
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From Booklist

The second solo novel from frequent James Patterson cowriter Gross is much better than his first. This one begins with a bang, as a bomb explodes in a commuter train station, killing several people, including New York City hedge-fund manager Charles Friedman. At roughly the same time, a suspicious auto accident kills a young man in Greenwich, Connecticut. The detective on that case, Ty Hauck, soon discovers an odd connection between the hit-and-run and the bombing. He investigates and discovers that Charles Friedman was not the man he appeared to be. He also forges a connection with the dead man’s wife, Karen, that leads him into uncharted waters. This is a tightly written corporate-style thriller very much in the mold of Joseph Finder, with a likable protagonist and a story that combines traditional thriller elements with a more gentle, emotional subplot. --David Pitt

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 577 KB
• Publisher: William Morrow (March 5, 2010)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003B02OLE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (207 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,269 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Andrew Gross is the author of New York Times and international bestsellers The Blue Zone, Don't Look Twice, and The Dark Tide, which was nominated for the Best Thriller of the Year award by the International Thriller Writers, Reckless, and most recently, Eyes Wide Open. He is also coauthor of five number one bestsellers with James Patterson, including Judge & Jury and Lifeguard. He lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife, Lynn. You can follow Andrew Gross on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and at AndrewGross Books.com.

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127 of 139 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suspense filled story of deception and love entangled together, March 18, 2008

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Cy B. Hilterman "Cy. Hilterman" (Cherry Tree, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dark Tide (Ty Hauck, No 2) (Hardcover)

I have now read both of Andrew Gross's books, The Blue Zone and The Dark Tide. I am convinced he is here to stay among today's top authors of suspense fiction that has just enough facts to keep your brain thinking and wanting more. His characters and locations are very well described and the stories well scripted.

Karen Friedman has a happy family consisting of her loving (or so she thought), husband, two children, Samantha and Alex, and family pet dog Tobey. Husband Charles is a highly successful investment banker who was thought of also being so by his associates in his business, and in giving his family a very nice life. The kids were into sports and Karen was always there with her support and Charles when he could make it. The neighbors of their upscale neighborhood thought very highly of the entire family

All of the above was true for many years of their marriage until Charles was in a commuter train bombing in Grand Central Station. This threw the family, the company Charles worked for, and their friends into deep sorrow. That is except for the ones involved in the money laundering schemes that Charles had been performing for many years, all of which his family knew nothing about. Many felt they had been swindled through Charles' actions and they wanted their securities and money back!

Lieutenant Ty Hauck of the Greenwich Police Department was a local hero from high school and college and had worked his way up in the department. He was highly thought of and worked on some tough cases. Ty became involved in the death of Charles Friedman when it became apparent that the hit and run of a young man was somehow tied into Charles disappearance. At first Karen's worry was that Charles was buried in the rubble of one of the still burning train cars. Her mind wondered all over the place until some identification was found that led the authorities to believe that Charles had been in the destruction and was dead.

Time went on without any sign of Charles body and no word from him to anyone. Karen and the remaining family went through hard times trying to invent a new life. Eventually a detective came to the Friedman's house to ask Karen some questions unrelated to the bombing. The detective happened to be Ty Hauck and the purpose of his visit was to see if the family knew the man that had been killed in the hit and run that had taken place at about the same time and near where the bombing occurred. The family did not know of the man but Karen and Hauck seemed to hit it off personally noticing each other from the beginning. The killings increased, some seemingly related and some not, so more authorities became involved.

One part of the investigation led to another until Hauck was delving too deep for some apparently involved in the deep-rooted problems Charles had created. Hauck was led to other parts of the world and back again as he continued to find clues to the work and people that Charles had worked for and against. One of the men Charles had worked with and had been a good friend of Karen's, Saul Lennick, was in contact with Karen telling her that he would do all he could to assist her and also he pumped information out of Karen regarding all the things she has researched.

Going any farther would give too much of the authors many great plots and storylines away. The Dark Tide was extremely hard to put down. You must read this book. Take my word that it is a non-stop action filled story with lots of adventure, shrewd dealings, love and sex, trips to tropical islands, and much more. As I said at the beginning of this review, I truly hope Andrew Gross continues for many years to give us great stories such as his first two have been.

97 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars worth what I paid, April 7, 2010

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This review is from: The Dark Tide (Mass Market Paperback)

I got this book free for my kindle and it was worth it. Karen is a woman with caramel, honey, auburn hair and hardened ,sharp brown, hazel eyes who lives in a fancy Greenwich house with two teen-age kids who fight over a shared bathroom. When her husband is supposedly killed in a bomb blast ,and nothing is found but his briefcase handle, she has no problem getting a death certificate and collecting 4 million dollars. When she meets detective Houck he has his 10 year old daughter on his shoulders. Two months later the daughter is thirteen and too stupid to flip a burning pancake.Houck falls asleep watching a house and when he wakes it's light so he gets his flashlight to do some B & E. The suspect is an ex-cop and professional security alarm installer but Houck has no trouble finding the breaker on a bush. Fortunately there is no battery back-up on the alarm system and he has no trouble running the computer and printer without electricity. And LORDY! all the physical side effects of the emotions! Eyes screw, drill, snap to the page like a magnet (shades of wiley coyote). Heads explode. hearts crash, blood explodes out of the veins, legs turn to jelly. guts feel like they've had a wire dragged through them, arm hairs tingle and stand on edge. One more "wink" from either a bad guy or good guy and I would have bounced the kindle off the wall. Any high school kid, with a proper outline and time-line, could have done a better job.

37 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gross's Best Work Yet, March 18, 2008

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Roy D. Grossman "Shadow Bay" (Greenwich, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dark Tide (Ty Hauck, No 2) (Hardcover)

I thought the Blue Zone was a fantastic read, and this even surpasses that great effort. His writing has matured. This novel is another incredible page turner. It is impossible to put down. But what's most appealing is how well it holds together. The reader, once again, is satisfied at the end because the entire story holds together flawlessly which makes it very creible. To me, that's the key to a great thriller...it's exciting and believable. I can't wait for his next book.