Michael Robotham is an Australian author who, according to me, is relatively not known in India. Life or Death is his latest offering. Though Michael has been bringing out novels since a decade, I had never heard of him. I stumbled across his new book by chance and I have written about this event in another post. This book review is without any spoilers.
Life or Death is a very gripping novel. We have Audie Palmer who is implicated in an armed robbery. The robbery involves 7 million cash which has not been recovered, two encountered robbers, one dead suspect, one missing suspect and one civilian casualty. Audie is the only captured suspect who has survived a bullet to his head. He is imprisoned for a decade. Tomorrow he is supposed to be released but today he escapes a federal prison. Why?! What sort of a fool would do such a stupid thing?
The story unfolds gradually. As we turn the pages, we get to know about Audie’s life, his ambitions, his love interest, his zest for life and the passion with which he maintains his promises. The more you read the story, the more interesting it becomes. The thriller races towards the finish retaining the suspense till the very end.
Since I have read many thrillers, I did somewhat second guess one mystery (not at the beginning but towards the middle). As this novel is a suspense thriller, I had to limit the length of my review. If you are into mysteries, suspense and thrillers, this is a must have book in your library. You will enjoy every bit of this book.
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Beauty of the book: Life or Death by Michael Robotham
The actual review of the book, Life or Death by Michael Robotham, will be in another post. This is just how I stumbled upon the book and what made me read this awesome book!
I seldom read novels by authors who are unknown to me. Sidney Sheldon, John Grisham, Jeffery Archer, and Frederick Forsyth are the authors I adore. I have also read all the books of Dan Brown and Steig Larsson. Ken Follet, Robert Ludlum, Arthur Hailey, Wilbur Smith, Robin Cook, etc., are the many other authors I have read. I am yet to hook on to Agatha Christie and the mystery novels by JK Rowling, though they are part of my library. The reason I am giving information about all the other authors I read is to give an idea of what sort of authors I prefer and read.
Just by pure chance, I stumbled across the book of Life or Death by Michael Robotham. I had never heard of Michael and I would have not bought this book until I read the book description in an eCommerce site: “Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released? Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is. | For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released. | Everybody wants to find Audie, but he's not running. Instead he's trying to save a life . . . and not just his own.” The description was intriguing enough for me to add it to my library. The description also made me to start reading this book even though I had planned to read this at a later point of time.
My initial idea was to start with this book and read it until the new John Grisham novel was delivered. I would then have put this book on hold and finish off John’s new book and then resume with this book. Alas, all my plans went for a toss. What began as a 2 hour stint continued till I finished reading the entire book. This is how fantastic the book is. I sacrificed sleep, television, news paper, and other routine exercises to complete this book. I can say that my time was well spent.
Go grab this book without fail!
I seldom read novels by authors who are unknown to me. Sidney Sheldon, John Grisham, Jeffery Archer, and Frederick Forsyth are the authors I adore. I have also read all the books of Dan Brown and Steig Larsson. Ken Follet, Robert Ludlum, Arthur Hailey, Wilbur Smith, Robin Cook, etc., are the many other authors I have read. I am yet to hook on to Agatha Christie and the mystery novels by JK Rowling, though they are part of my library. The reason I am giving information about all the other authors I read is to give an idea of what sort of authors I prefer and read.
Just by pure chance, I stumbled across the book of Life or Death by Michael Robotham. I had never heard of Michael and I would have not bought this book until I read the book description in an eCommerce site: “Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released? Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is. | For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released. | Everybody wants to find Audie, but he's not running. Instead he's trying to save a life . . . and not just his own.” The description was intriguing enough for me to add it to my library. The description also made me to start reading this book even though I had planned to read this at a later point of time.
My initial idea was to start with this book and read it until the new John Grisham novel was delivered. I would then have put this book on hold and finish off John’s new book and then resume with this book. Alas, all my plans went for a toss. What began as a 2 hour stint continued till I finished reading the entire book. This is how fantastic the book is. I sacrificed sleep, television, news paper, and other routine exercises to complete this book. I can say that my time was well spent.
Go grab this book without fail!
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