Dead Anyway

author: Chris Knopf

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.55

book published: 2012

rating: 4

read at: 2013/08/29

date added: 2013/08/29

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A man and his wife are targeted by a killer and left for dead. He survives and decides to extend the illusion that he's dead, and to use his skills to track down the people who did it. Along the way, he makes uneasy friendships that may or may not help him out.



Arthur Cathcart is aided by his sister. He keeps up a series of disguises and meets with FBI agents and reporters and gangsters. There are some great characters in the book. My favorite was a Bosnian gangster named Little Boy. It's all a little over the top, but not completely unbelievable. There were times when I wasn't sure which way the story was going to go.



Chris Knopf writes a tight thriller that kept me turning pages and wondering what was going to happen next. I've always like a good heist or con man story, and while this isn't either, it had the same feeling of a protagonist that manages to stay one step ahead of the game. It was a lot of fun to read.





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