The Wrong Abraham [Hardcover]

David S. Brody (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2006

From the Boston Globe Bestselling Author of Unlawful Deeds and Blood of the Tribe. The Wrong Abraham is the third book in the Shelby Baskin series. Boston attorney Shelby Baskin, and her fiancé Bruce Arrujo, return again to the streets of Boston, this time to prevent a terrorist attack on the city... Shelby Baskin has it all--a successful law practice, a condo in the Back Bay, a fiancé who adores her. Then she receives a baffling letter from her rich Uncle Abraham, a Holocaust survivor: Only she, he mysteriously proclaims, can prevent a major terrorist attack on Boston. Working with Homeland Security, Shelby and her fiancé, Bruce Arrujo, race through the streets of Boston, first attempting to stop a Hiroshima sized LNG tanker explosion in Boston Harbor, then fighting to prevent a deadly release of anthrax powder at Fenway Park. Yet the terrorists always seem to be one step ahead of them. Through it all, a question haunts Shelby: Why does Uncle Abraham always seem to be one step ahead of the terrorists?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Brody's third Boston-based thriller (after 2003's Blood of the Tribe), Abraham Gottlieb, an elderly Holocaust survivor who has set up a secret cabal to defend the Jewish people, launches an elaborate plan to remind the American public that the threat of terrorism remains significant. Gottlieb aids Muslim terrorists in their effort to target a natural gas tanker scheduled to arrive in Boston harbor, both to showcase the country's vulnerability and to boost insurance revenues to keep his covert group liquid. Gottlieb doesn't hesitate to manipulate his niece, attorney Shelby Baskin, to further his warped ends. Some awkward prose (e.g., "Twenty-four hours ago, walking into her apartment and seeing a giant Hasid sprawled on her couch with a bloody towel held over his nose would have stunned Shelby") won't help readers suspend disbelief. (Nov.)
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"Fast-paced thriller..., A riveting, fascinating read." Harriett Klausner, Midwest Book Review --Midwest Book Review, September 1, 2006

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 353 pages
• Publisher: Martin & Lawrence Press; 1 edition (September 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977389804
• ISBN-13: 978-0977389803
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,043,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A riveting & fascinating reading experience, January 23, 2007

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This review is from: The Wrong Abraham (Hardcover)

Boston attorney Shelby Baskin receives a letter from her mother years before she died, asking her daughter to help her Uncle Abraham should he ever need assistance. When Abraham contacts his niece, she agrees to meet with him and other members of his organization, Kidon. A Holocaust survivor, Abraham, a Holocaust survivor, formed the group with the objective of never again watching a Holocaust grow. Kidon protects the Jewish people from their enemies by watching, warning and then taking action against the hate mongers.

Shelby is appalled by some of the tactics employed by the group against people who have hurt the Jews. She feels her Uncle's team is a vigilante organization that takes the law into their own hands. Still when Abraham informs Shelby he has information about a terrorist plot in Boston, she agrees to help him by spying on her friend, who is a client also, and report back to her uncle. However, Abraham omits much of what he knows forcing his niece to go it alone to prevent the terrorists from succeeding.

Although many readers will not agree with Abrahamâham's tactics that includes abduction, castration, and worse, they will understand why he is driven into doing what he does. He lives life with a siege mentality that makes him see everything through the eyes of hardliners. He believes people are for him or they are the enemy. His niece is a moderate who sees a world of rainbows not two types of drab grays like her uncle perceives life. The values comparison between relatives turns a fast-paced thriller into a riveting fascinating read.

Harriet Klausner