Lost
Joe O'Loughlin Book 2
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4.1 • 342 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Everyone knows that Mickey Carlyle is dead and a man is in prison for her murder. Everyone, that is, except DI Vincent Ruiz, who cannot stop searching and hoping. He is discovered one night clinging to a buoy in the River Thames, with a bullet in his leg and a bigger hole in his memory.
Under investigation by his colleagues and accused of faking amnesia, Ruiz's only hope of unravelling the puzzle is to retrace his steps and relive that night. But there are further dangers lying in wait and other ways for a man to drown...
A pulse-pounding psychological thriller from multi-million-copy bestselling author Michael Robotham.
**Includes BONUS first chapter of the explosive new Joe O'Loughlin thriller, THE OTHER WIFE**
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Det. Insp. Vincent Ruiz (a supporting character in Robotham's debut, Suspect) is hauled out of the Thames with a bullet wound in his leg and no memory of a shooting, let alone how he wound up in the water in Robotham's fine, moody second thriller. Keebal, a nasty cop from internal affairs, hounds Ruiz from the start, and everyone seems to know something Ruiz doesn't. When psychologist Joe O'Loughlin (the protagonist of Suspect) shows Ruiz a picture of young Mickey Carlyle a seven-year-old girl kidnapped three years earlier whom everyone but Ruiz thinks is dead he figures there must be some connection between her case and his shooting. Despite his injuries, Ruiz retraces this investigation with the help of his partner, a young Sikh woman named Ali. The past returns in dribs and drabs and none too gently. Mickey is the daughter of a Russian-born crime lord, Aleksei Kuznet; a cache of diamonds and a man known as a "grooming paedophile" also figure prominently in the splintered plot. The warm relationship between Ruiz and Joe, who suffers from Parkinson's, counterpoints the main story line's grit. Robotham works some good wrinkles into Ruiz's relationship with Ali and an empathetic nurse, too. The result is a thoughtful and subtle thriller, with convincing, three-dimensional characters.
Customer Reviews
Lost
I found it a bit repetitive in places but otherwise a good read Will read some more of his stories
Lost
Once again very enjoyable, well written.
Loooong…..
Whilst an interesting tale…..it could be told in 200 fewer pages. You know it’s long when the author has to remind you of the entire story towards the end, over and over again.