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abrswf's review
4.0
I just loved the Seattle setting for this legal thriller, and its respectful treatment of the serious issue of product defects. The plot was twisty and engaging and the resolution was fascinating and unexpected, although there is a final scene in a cemetery that left me wondering just what was supposed to have happened. One star off for a certain wooden quality to the narrative.
bettychuck's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
ajmom2015's review against another edition
5.0
This book took me a little longer than I expected to read, and I think it’s partially because I had inadvertently read the book after this first. But Robert has done it again. Great twists and turns that keep you in the edge of your seat.
ndbeyer's review against another edition
4.0
This book took a couple unexpected turns for me. This author is not afraid to put his characters through trials and tribulations instead of the usual happily ever after. I am really enjoying this serie and can't wait to read more.
ncrabb's review against another edition
4.0
Imagine the horror. Your child gets to be part of a focus group one day; he gets a shot at playing with a super-cool toy that he can build and transform any way he likes. He loves the toy; he even shares it with his younger sibling. A week later, the younger brother develops flu-like symptoms, lapses into a coma, and dies.
What if it happens again, this time to an undocumented illegal immigrant family. They’re scared to take little Matteo to the hospital, fearing deportation. By the time they get him there, he’s minutes from death.
Now think of the nightmare life of the pediatrician who treated the first little boy. He has been sued for malpractice by a can’t-lose lawyer in Seattle. David Sloane made the successful case that the doctor misdiagnosed the condition of the little white boy. The flu didn’t kill him; blood poisoning did.
There’s something horrifically wrong with the prototype toys those little boys played with, and it’s up to Sloane and his team to figure out why they really died and what connection their deaths had with the prototype toys.
But those who want the secret of the defective toys kept will do everything in their power to ensure that it is kept, including shocking brutal murder and blackmail.
This author will snag you from the first words of the prologue, and you’ll be pulled into this right down to the back page. This is the third book in a series, and I found myself wishing I’d read the first two before tackling this one. That said, if you can’t find the earlier books, you shouldn’t let that stop you from reading this one. I stayed up late with it last night, and I was very nearly late to work this morning because of a frantic attempt at hitting the back cover before I had to hit the road for work.
The descriptions of murder here are brutal and tragic. People die whose deaths will jar you and leave you asking why. But that’s what helps make this a gripping intense read.
What if it happens again, this time to an undocumented illegal immigrant family. They’re scared to take little Matteo to the hospital, fearing deportation. By the time they get him there, he’s minutes from death.
Now think of the nightmare life of the pediatrician who treated the first little boy. He has been sued for malpractice by a can’t-lose lawyer in Seattle. David Sloane made the successful case that the doctor misdiagnosed the condition of the little white boy. The flu didn’t kill him; blood poisoning did.
There’s something horrifically wrong with the prototype toys those little boys played with, and it’s up to Sloane and his team to figure out why they really died and what connection their deaths had with the prototype toys.
But those who want the secret of the defective toys kept will do everything in their power to ensure that it is kept, including shocking brutal murder and blackmail.
This author will snag you from the first words of the prologue, and you’ll be pulled into this right down to the back page. This is the third book in a series, and I found myself wishing I’d read the first two before tackling this one. That said, if you can’t find the earlier books, you shouldn’t let that stop you from reading this one. I stayed up late with it last night, and I was very nearly late to work this morning because of a frantic attempt at hitting the back cover before I had to hit the road for work.
The descriptions of murder here are brutal and tragic. People die whose deaths will jar you and leave you asking why. But that’s what helps make this a gripping intense read.
gawronma's review against another edition
4.0
Dugoni is becoming one of my favorite authors. The Sloan novels are exciting and the characters change with each book. I'm looking forward to the next novel where Sloan will work is first criminal case.
mackenzierm's review against another edition
5.0
First line: "It hurt to blink."
This was an incredible installation to the David Sloane series. I felt so many emotions while reading this...varying from outright despair to a lack of comprehension or understanding to anger at the hand dealt to the main character.
Without giving anything away, because it is really, really good to have that element of suspense when reading a novel.. I just want to say that I felt a terrible injustice regarding David's life...which also gives the realization that some things are given to you, just to be taken away at a later date.
Anyhow, this was an incredibly twisted plot line....I can't even begin to imagine that I had any idea of what was to come next, because I honestly didn't. Dugoni keeps you guessing right up until the last second.
LOVE IT! On to the next one, [b:Murder One|9250903|Murder One (David Sloane, #4)|Robert Dugoni|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1305574338s/9250903.jpg|14131428].
This was an incredible installation to the David Sloane series. I felt so many emotions while reading this...varying from outright despair to a lack of comprehension or understanding to anger at the hand dealt to the main character.
Without giving anything away, because it is really, really good to have that element of suspense when reading a novel.. I just want to say that I felt a terrible injustice regarding David's life...which also gives the realization that some things are given to you, just to be taken away at a later date.
Anyhow, this was an incredibly twisted plot line....I can't even begin to imagine that I had any idea of what was to come next, because I honestly didn't. Dugoni keeps you guessing right up until the last second.
LOVE IT! On to the next one, [b:Murder One|9250903|Murder One (David Sloane, #4)|Robert Dugoni|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1305574338s/9250903.jpg|14131428].
liloud0626's review against another edition
3.0
I think I need to find another thriller series. This one just isn't thrilling enough.
canada_matt's review against another edition
3.0
An excellent installment in the SLOANE series, delving into the cut-throat world of toy making. Dugoni does it again, filling his book with law, family politics, and psychotic murderers looking to kill him. A page-turner for sure.