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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446611626
ISBN: 044661162X
Label: Vision
Manufacturer: Vision
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2003-08
Publisher: Vision
Release Date: August 25, 2003
Sales Rank: 9732
Studio: Vision
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Henry Pierce is about to become very rich--as soon as his firm, AmedeoTechnologies, gets an infusion of capital from a big backer. But the brilliantchemist's workaholic habits are disrupted when his lover, the formerintelligence officer of his company, breaks up with him. Lonely and dispirited,he moves into a new apartment and gets a new phone number that attracts a lot ofcallers, but not for him. His new telephone number seems to have previouslybelonged to one Lilly Quinlan, an escort whose Internet photo arouses Henry'scuriosity, especially when L.A. Darlings, whose Web page features the beautifulyoung woman, can't tell Henry how to find her. With the same single-mindednessthat made him a high-tech superstar, Pierce pursues his search for the missinggirl, motivated by his guilt over the disappearance years earlier of his ownsister, who, like Lilly, was also a prostitute (and ultimately the victim of theDollmaker, a serial killer from Connelly's 1994 novel The Concrete Blonde.) But thatmotive is too thin to support Pierce's sudden abandonment of his career at sucha critical juncture, even if forces unknown to him are setting him up for afall. Despite those holes in the plot and a less than compelling protagonist,the novel succeeds due to Connelly's literary and expository gifts and his moreinteresting secondary characters. --Jane Adams
Amazon.com Review:
Henry Pierce is about to become very rich--as soon as his firm, Amedeo Technologies, gets an infusion of capital from a big backer. But the brilliant chemist's workaholic habits are disrupted when his lover, the former intelligence officer of his company, breaks up with him. Lonely and dispirited, he moves into a new apartment and gets a new phone number that attracts a lot of callers, but not for him. His new telephone number seems to have previously belonged to one Lilly Quinlan, an escort whose Internet photo arouses Henry's curiosity, especially when L.A. Darlings, whose Web page features the beautiful young woman, can't tell Henry how to find her. With the same single-mindedness that made him a high-tech superstar, Pierce pursues his search for the missing girl, motivated by his guilt over the disappearance years earlier of his own sister, who, like Lilly, was also a prostitute (and ultimately the victim of the Dollmaker, a serial killer from Connelly's 1994 novel The Concrete Blonde.) But that motive is too thin to support Pierce's sudden abandonment of his career at such a critical juncture, even if forces unknown to him are setting him up for a fall. Despite those holes in the plot and a less than compelling protagonist, the novel succeeds due to Connelly's literary and expository gifts and his more interesting secondary characters. --Jane Adams
Average Rating: 
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I'm a huge Michael Connelly fan. This is certainly his weakest effort. The characters aren't believable. The plot does not flow. Drama is lacking. Give this one a pass.
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What do nanotechnology (making molecular-sized devices), call girls, pornography, going public, and extortion have in common? They're all part of a most unusual crime story in Chasing the Dime.
Instead of following noir homicide detective Harry Bosch on the track of a violent criminal, this book is about Henry (don't call me "Hank") Pierce, a genius CEO who has cracked the code on an amazing new technology and who is poised to capitalize on his success by selling off a piece of the company ... Read More
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Another entertaining read by Mr. Connelly. Suspenseful in all the right places while keeping a complex plot within the realm of understanding. A fun read worth picking up.
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This is my 3rd Connelly - Non-Bosch book - and I liked it. It is not Harry Bosch and not the Lincoln Lawyer - but it is a good read. I am ready for a new Bosch book!!!
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Like most of the other reviewers I have read a lot of Connelly. I think he's one of the best of his genre and some of his books have been brilliant. But this was awful. Cardboard characters and an improbable plot. It almost seemed as if he had written this book as a 1970s "made-for-TV" movie.
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