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The Ripple Effect: A Novel of Suspense [Mass Market Paperback]

Paul Garrison (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)


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November 30, 2004

Aiden Page's second life began on America's worst day . . .

The most horrific terrorist attack in history enabled him to walk away from his failing business, his crumbling marriage, and an impending Justice Department investigation—and to start over in a South Pacific paradise. But in a moment of weakness, a one-word phone call to his teenage daughter Morgan causes ever-widening ripples in once-placid waters.

Morgan now knows her father is alive and will stop at nothing to find him, embarking on a harrowing solo ocean voyage that will place her at the mercy of hostile seas and even more dangerous men. The hungry wolves hunting for Aiden Page have picked up the scent again, and if the death of a courageous young girl is the price for finding him, so be it. Because suddenly there's much more at stake than silencing a fugitive—and thousands of lives will depend on the action of a dead man.


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Those thinking of abandoning their everyday lives and starting over again on a secret tropical island will find Garrison's latest an invaluable and entertaining instruction manual. The author's earlier books (Sea Hunter; Fire and Ice; Buried at Sea) have shown him a master storyteller/sailor, and this gale force novel of high seas suspense reinforces that judgment. In 2001, the Page brothers, Aiden and Charlie, are in their World Trade Center office plotting a way to prop up the failing investment banking business they helm and at the same time respond to a threatening letter from the Department of Justice. Suddenly, a passenger jet slams into the building, and the fiery aftermath presents a possible solution. In the heavy smoke the brothers become separated, but each escapes the building and disappears. Months later, Aiden's 15-year-old daughter, Morgan, is mourning the loss of her father and Uncle Charlie in the Trade Center disaster when she receives a three-second silent phone call that she insists is from her father. No one believes her, so she runs away and makes a 6,000-mile journey in a 27-foot sailboat to search for him. The brothers, each unaware that the other is alive, flee independently to Blind Man Island, the South Sea hideaway of their boss, the secretive Henry Ho Hong-even though Henry may have been the man who turned them in to the Justice Department. The brothers' journey is fast-paced and exciting, but spunky Morgan's heroic solo sail is the real nail-biter. There are boatloads of action, and Garrison comes up with a real rarity-a plausible, entirely original superweapon. The lives of 50 million Americans hang in the balance. Sailors and landlubbers alike will be up all night with this one.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This fifth sea adventure from Garrison starts out calm enough, but then a stiff wind fills its sails, and it races to a thrilling finish. The plucky heroine, 15-year-old Morgan Page, in search of her missing father, sails single-handedly across the Pacific Ocean in a tiny stolen sailboat. Her father, Aiden, supposedly killed in the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11, had actually used his supposed "death" as a ruse to escape from a federal investigation into his actions as the CFO of a private bank, one that is suspected of laundering money for arms dealers. Innocent Page was left holding the bag by the duplicitous bank owner, Henry Ho Hong. The male protagonists take a backseat to the colorful female characters--not only resourceful Morgan but also two feisty lesbian nuns, a ruthless mercenary, and Hong's wife, a psychopathic femme fatale. Readers may have to suspend their disbelief at many of the bizarre plot twists but should find it a rousing voyage nonetheless. Michael Gannon
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Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTorch; 1 edition (November 30, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060081708
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060081706
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,473,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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PAUL GARRISON was born in New York and currently lives in Connecticut. He has spent a lot of time on boats, and has published five thrillers, mostly sea-oriented: Fire And Ice; Red Sky At Morning; Buried At Sea; Sea Hunter; and The Ripple Effect. He is at work on a series of novels based on Robert Ludlum's The Janson Directive.

 

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thriller Impossible to Put Down, Under any Circumstances!, June 4, 2004
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Island Dreamer (Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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When the World Trade Center was hit by terrorists, Aiden Page saw a chance to save himself from prison. He and his brother had been involved in stock shenanigans and were about to come under investigation. Page disappears to the Caribbean and works on sailboats, however one day he calls his daughter, but hangs up before identifying himself, but she knows it's him. She steals a sailboat, because she believes if her dad would go to ground he'd eventually wind up on a special island in the South Pacific. Only trouble is there are some terrorists there who are plotting an even greater evil than 911. This was a book that kept me away on a balmy Hawaiian night. Friends were partying next door, but not me, because there was nothing that could've torn me away from this very special thriller.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 stars, January 27, 2004
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See book summary above.

While consistently coming out with suspenseful novels, Garrison always seems to add an extra flare. The action takes place not only on the sea (thank goodness) but also on land. Some of his characters do have a tendency to be super human (a youngster sailing halfway around the world and a guy who loses an eye, which hardly effects him).

His knowledge of the sea comes through clearly in all his novels. Of course I have very little knowledge about sailing and the sea, so while I learn more from his books, much of it still goes over my head (ref: boat parts and shipping terms). Yet even with all the boating jargon it makes for a gripping thriller.

Recommended.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book!, March 18, 2004
I just finished this book and I have to say I really enjoyed it. It was different from the usual books I read (Grisham,Finder,Ect), the sailing terms were a little difficult to understand sometimes but for the most part the book keeps you guessing till the very end. Who cant love Morgan for her passion to find her dad win or lose. For a good read this book is a sure thing.
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THE "SWAN POND" AT ANSE Marcel on the northwest coast of St. Martin, a popular Caribbean tourist island between Anguilla and St. Barts, was a lousy place to disappear if you'd ever devoted body and soul to getting rich in New York. Read the first page
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