Stephen Douglass
Kindle Edition | Pages: 191 pages Rating: 4.13 | 342 Users | 37 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Bridge To Caracas (The King Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen Douglass |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 191 pages |
| Published | : | (first published June 23rd 2011) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Mystery. Crime. Romance. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Business. Amazon |
Interpretation As Books The Bridge To Caracas (The King Trilogy #1)
Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00DJ5GM14.How was an incredible $325,000,000 theft achieved using The Peace Bridge as a fulcrum?
It was a piece of national history. The story had to be told.
One of the largest and most audacious gasoline tax evasion scams in Canadian and U.S. history.
The perpetrator used The Peace Bridge, spanning The Niagara River, to facilitate his crime, and his private Cessna to transport the enormous fruits of the theft to the “safety” of a Cayman Island bank.
The scam netted an amount “that makes The New York State Lottery look like a Sunday school collection.”
Cynical and remorselessly ruthless, the thief possesses a brilliant criminal mind, has enormous contempt for the law, police, governments, and the system in which they function. He assumes rules are for fools, and takes sadistic pleasure in breaking them.
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| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The King Trilogy #1 |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 342 Users | 37 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books The Bridge To Caracas (The King Trilogy #1)
I really want to give this book four or more stars because the author has a real talent for telling a story. Douglass keeps the story moving along and you are never bored but...I did get frustrated at times. The protagonist Mike King obviously had to be damn bright to get where he is but in the latter half of the book, he acts like a complete klutz more often than not. Time after time (and his girlfriend likewise) he rushes into situations where angels would definitely fear to tread and seems toI found the author's writing style breezy, somewhat hurried, at times a bit outlandish...particularly the poolside battle between the antagonists, Servito et al., & the protagonists, Mike & Karen. There are radical shifts of emotions among the characters throughout the book, except, perhaps, for Servito who is consistently a bad-un from the git go, with no sense of value for anything but his own pleasure & money. To his credit, I found that Douglass somehow able to build an
Fast-paced, enjoyable thriller with a tiny dash of romantic interest. Just the kind I like. The author uses his extensive knowledge of the oil industry to write a compelling overview of how things can go wrong when greedy people abuse the system. I liked the characters and could easily relate to them, but there were times I couldn't imagine King getting out of his own way. However, the author managed to pull him out of trouble quite brilliantly.
Taking in THE BRIDGE TO CARACAS feels like watching an action movie. You will find yourself at the edge of your seat, rooting for the good guy, Mike King, to triumph over the bad guy, Jim Servito, and to end up wining the girl, Karen Taylor. Inspired by a real crime, where scam netted an amount that makes The New York State Lottery look like a Sunday school collection, here is a plot-driven story, which opens right into action, with the scene of hijacking a plane. You will find yourself with
Great book that kept me up all night, constantly having to find out what was going to happen - the way Patterson's books used to do. (You know, back when Patterson wrote them himself.)I don't feel that the characters were really fleshed out, and some things were glossed over, and sometimes I was surprised when it would jump forward several years, and despite all of that, it still kicked ass and I can't believe the author made the entire trilogy free. With the first book being that compelling,
I downloaded this book a while ago and just recently got the opportunity to read it. Stephen has a wonderful way in which he develops his characters. I cared. Which for me, as everybody knows is the most important element in creative writing. I felt in this book deeply but I also was NOT lost in the details of a lifelong work history. I LOVED this book. Sincerely yours!
THE BRIDGE TO CARACASVOLUME ONE OF THE KING TRILOGYSTEPHEN DOUGLASReviewed by Roy Murry, AuthorAn excellent start to a trilogy about the King family in the oil up until reaching Caracas, Venezuela. How this first volume evolves sets the tone for the rest.The love story of Mr. King and his childhood friend culminates after he and she have not very good marriages. Her husband is the key to crime in the international oil business which conflicts with King's rise to the top on the legal side.These
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