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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780446615730
ISBN number: 0446615730
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: January 01, 2009
Publishing house: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: January 05, 2009
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Jake Carlson, a correspondent for the TV news show AMERICAN OUTRAGE, inhabits a world of sensational trials and crazed celebrities. One of the nation's top journalists, he's used to dragging himself into the dirt to get the truth. When his adopted son Sam asks him to use his muckraking talents to find his birth mother, Jake is stunned by the ugly secrets he uncovers: an international crime syndicate, a horrifying child trafficking ring, and a corrupt politician, the patriarch of an old New York financial dynasty.
Initially galvanized by a career-making story, Jake---and his son---are soon the victims of brutal violence and the targets of Jake's fellow reporters, who dog them for their story. Concerned for the survival of his family, Jake realizes some sins of the past should never be uncovered...
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Another great book by Tim Green. With each book, Green matures as an author. In American Outrage, he juxtaposes a son looking for his real birth mother with organized crime and a behind the scene look into a tabloid news show. From the very first page to the last, this book is packed with action and leaves the reader rotting for the heroes to succeed in their mission. If you are a fan of Grisham, DeMille, Patterson and other Green books, you will love this one. Definitely one of his best works.
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Has Tim Green really been writing for over a decade? AMERICAN OUTRAGE, his 12th novel, is arguably his most interesting and challenging work to date. The former host of "A Current Affair" uses the experience of working for a TV newsmagazine to great advantage in this book.
Jake Carlson is a successful, though aging, television commentator with an instantly recognizable countenance and a life that most people dream about. However, he is privately reeling, having recently suffered the loss of his wife to cancer. Meanwhile, his adopted son, Sam, is acting out, partially in reaction to his mother's death. Carlson is drinking a bit too much and missing assignments too often for an anchor who is quickly approaching middle age.
To make matters more complicated, Sam asks his foster dad to use considerable resources to find his birth parents. Carlson knows subsequent to nothing about Sam's origins, having obtained Sam through an adoption agency that had informed him they specialized in placing orphaned Albanian children.
As Carlson delves into Sam's background, the story begins to unravel. The agency that Carlson and his wife used is out of business, the owner apparently having committed suicide. When Carlson starts asking questions, he receives anonymous warnings telling him to back off his investigation. It's not long before Carlson finds himself on a collision course not only with the Albanian mob but also with one of America's oldest and most powerful families --- which appears to have an unexpected tie to Sam as well.
AMERICAN OUTRAGE starts off a bit slowly, but patient readers will be rewarded in the second half, which contains some of the best writing Green has ever done. He drops a number of surprises throughout --- one of the biggest at the halfway point, when he unexpectedly takes a major character piece off the board --- and as the closing pages fly by, it's anyone's guess as to how things will end. This is a strong work by one of the more consistently dependable authors.
--- Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
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Reviewed by Thomas Gabrielli for Reader Views (5/07)
Jake is a widower and television investigative reporter for "American Outrage," a daily tabloid news show. One day, Sam, his adopted son, due to trouble at school with his classmates, asks him to help find his birthmother for him. Jake agrees, and thus begins an adventure that involves Albanian child trafficking, a shifty lawyer, an even shiftier politician, and a mysterious yet beautiful woman with a scar down the side of her face. And that's just skimming the surface of this thriller.
Make no mistake about "American Outrage:" this is a good read; a very good read. Tim Green is quick to set up the plot and hurl the reader into an engrossing story that is believable and entertaining. Throughout, Green leaves you dangling with suspense at the end of chapters, making you want to continue to read on. This man knows how to write!
It's refreshing to read a novel that does not involve high-level espionage, terrorism or whose central, pivotal character is electronic in nature. The plot begins with a simple request from Jake's son - to find his real mother - that unravels into a very complicated yet real situation. And while Jake is focused on this mission, he still has to balance his professional life with the task of finding Sam's real mother. Complications and priorities at work just add to the tension already set by the complications and priorities of Sam's request.
While reading this, I couldn't help but compare Green's writing to that of one of my favorite authors, Harlan Coben. Like Coben, Green brings a high level of suspense to his writing, introducing seemingly normal characters in normal situations, yet giving the reader a [futile] chance to figure out the mystery before the book ends. But Green doesn't tidy everything up until the last few pages, offering the reader a good ride for the read.
Obviously, I'm not saying too much about the plot here for fear of spoiling some of the twists and turns. However, if I need to make one criticism of the book (which is why I gave it four stars instead of five), it is one involving Jake's thirteen-year old son, Sam. At thirteen, his son is much too intelligent, too independent and too intuitive for his age. While I realize that this helped the storyline, at times Sam's actions were just not realistic or believable. Green perhaps should have given Jake a more experienced "partner in crime;" perhaps a colleague from the television studio? Or maybe just an older son.
While I am almost embarrassed to admit that "American Outrage" was the very first book I have read by author Tim Green, it certainly won't be my last. I strongly recommend this book for those looking for a good suspense mystery with interesting characters and subplots, twists and turns, and a climax that is exciting, logical and fulfilling. This is the best and most fun read I've had in quite some time.
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Tim Green's latest starts at a slow to moderate pace, but towards the middle of the novel it was a race to the end. His characters seem real and his story telling ability seems to improve with each novel. This novel was an improvement over his last one, which was 'Kingdom Come'.
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I read Green's very first two books and though I found them intersting I didn't feel they showed me anything special and haven't gone back for more until "American outrage." Jake is a great series characters and the plot was fantastic. The whole experience has changed my opinion completely about this author's talent and I intend to back track and try more.
Good going. I highly recommend this one for sheer creativity, suspense, dialogue and a few unexpected twists.
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