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Cries of the lost
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- ISBN: 9781579623739 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1579623735 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource - Publisher: Sag Harbor, NY : The Permanent Press, [2013]
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| Subject: | Murder -- Fiction Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction Grief -- Fiction Revenge -- Fiction |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2013 September #2
*Starred Review* After his wife, Florencia, is assassinated and he's left for dead (in Dead Anyway, 2012), Arthur Cathcart gets revenge, but he still wants answers. What motivated the assassination, and why was Florencia, owner of a profitable insurance brokerage company, embezzling large sums of money? The bullet that hit Cathcart's brain during the shootingâhe was certified as dead by his cardiologist sisterâhas robbed him of some of his numerical abilities, but he's still a crackerjack researcher skilled with electronics. So, with Natsumi Fitzgerald, the blackjack dealer he fell in love with after his rehab, Cathcart sets out on his quest. With money secure and alternate identities available, the two warily open a safe-deposit box in a Cayman Islands bank, retrieving the flash drive inside but touching off an international chase by various factions that want them dead. In an adrenaline-fueled chase across beautiful European locales, including the south of France and lake district of Italy, Cathcart and Fitzgerald make canny use of their resources to remain a step ahead of their pursuers. With Cathcart as the once-nerdy everyman up against powerful adversaries and Fitzgerald as his loving sidekick, Knopf has a smart, sizzling, jet-setting series with a delightful touch of wry wit. Copyright 2013 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2013 November #2
Back from the dead after a hit man executed him and his wife (Dead Anyway, 2012), market researcher Arthur Cathcart continues to probe the mystery of her death. And not just probe, but shake, rattle and roll. Florencia Etxarte may be dead, but her insurance agency lives on, along with the several million dollars she embezzled from it before she and Arthur were shot, her fatally, him not quite. Swimming in ill-gotten gains and enjoying his new romance with blackjack dealer Natsumi Fitzgerald, Arthur still can't rest till he finds out "why she did the things that got her killed." A trip to Florencia's safety deposit box at a Cayman Islands bank discloses a stubbornly undecodable thumb drive but also brings Arthur and Natsumi to the attention of some very dangerous people. In fact, they seem to be objects of interest to two different Basque strongmen, Rodrigo Mariñelarena and Joselito Gorrotxategi, and the FBI, all of whom have very different agendas. Arthur and Natsumi's hunt for the reasons Florencia got involved with such heavy hitters would be seriously anticlimactic if it weren't at the same time a scenic tour of possible places to hide from the crossfire. The hero and heroine fight off the advances of a pair of London swingers, rent a series of apartments and villas in Spottsworthy Mews, Lake Como, and sunny Spain, worm their way beneath their enemies' defenses and ultimately turn them against each other. The nearest fictional analogues are popcorn movies like Mission: Impossible and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. A high-spirited but ultimately exhausting romp with more exotic locations than the last three James Bond films. Copyright Kirkus 2013 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2013 November #1
Arthur Cathcart can't let go of an unanswered question, and his late wife Florencia's secret past had opened a veritable Pandora's box of them. In a nutshell, Florencia was killed because of her illegal accounting activities; Arthur had been left for dead but awoke from his coma much later. He has chosen to live underground, seeking answers and revenge. Along the way he teamed with adventurous Natsumi Fitzgerald, and this time out, the duo are abroad, following Florencia's offshore bank accounts. One safe deposit box contains an encoded flash drive. After breaking the code, the two begin hopscotching across Europe, barely staying ahead of assorted angry men and the FBI. Florencia's Basque heritage plays a key role as to why some folks want to nab Arthur, but money motivates others. Once again, Arthur needs to assemble a team of defenders to help him reach a point of negotiation. VERDICT The Nero Award-winning Knopf's sequel to the must-read Dead Anyway is a storytelling gem of a caper. The author is particularly talented at filling in a complicated backstory, balancing light humor with violence and maintaining a blistering pace. Perfect for Timothy Hallinan "Junior Bender" series fans.
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Fugitive Arthur only wants the truth about his late wife's criminal pursuits. Crisscrossing Europe, he barely stays ahead of the bad guys in this witty, cleverly concocted sequel to the Nero Awardâwinning Dead Anyway. (LJ 11/1/13) (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2013 August #3
Knopf's entertaining if somewhat repetitive follow-up to 2012's Dead Anyway finds market researcher Arthur Cathcart still searching for clues to the actions of his murdered wife, Florencia Etxarte, and the secrets that died with her. In the first book, Cathcart barely survived the attack that killed Florencia and persuaded his doctor sister to declare him dead so he can operate with anonymity. Aided by girlfriend Natsumi Fitzgerald, Cathcart retrieves the contents of Florencia's safe deposit box in the Caymans, only to be attacked when they leave the bank. That's the start of an increasingly complex and dangerous journey that takes the pair across Europe and the U.S., where they continuously alter their disguises and use an endless series of electronic devices. Knopf has fun with the cat-and-mouse games, both cerebral and physical, as Cathcart strives to stay a step ahead of their mysterious pursuers, who are all linked to Florencia's Basque heritage. (Nov.)
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