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PI Vince Reid #2
The Gambler
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Expected 24 Feb 26A highly charged crime-thriller - the first in an electrifying new series - by multi-award-winning prince of the twist, J.P. Pomare.
PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he's offered a case he can't Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally, killing a promising young university graduate? It's easy money, he's told. A sure thing.
But as Reid delves further into the case, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life?
PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years
'Seriously good' DERVLA McTIERNAN
'There's no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare' COURIER MAIL
'Shocking, twisty and impossible to put down' CHRISTIAN WHITE
'Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying' THE GUARDIAN
'Grabbed me from the opening page and didn't let go' MICHAEL ROBOTHAM
'Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller' THE AUSTRALIAN
PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he's offered a case he can't Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally, killing a promising young university graduate? It's easy money, he's told. A sure thing.
But as Reid delves further into the case, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life?
PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years
'Seriously good' DERVLA McTIERNAN
'There's no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare' COURIER MAIL
'Shocking, twisty and impossible to put down' CHRISTIAN WHITE
'Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying' THE GUARDIAN
'Grabbed me from the opening page and didn't let go' MICHAEL ROBOTHAM
'Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller' THE AUSTRALIAN
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About the author
J.P. Pomare
12 books1,382 followersJ. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne, Australia.
He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later, Tell Me Lies, and The Wrong Woman.
His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan.
He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later, Tell Me Lies, and The Wrong Woman.
His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan.
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Wow. First off, a massive thank you to Netgalley, Hachette AU&NZ, and J.P for an ARC of this book.
I finished this book hours ago and just had to sit with this for a while. Gathering my thoughts. This story touches on many different topics, some of which I HATE with a passion. So, I wanted to sit and disconnect from my emotions to see the story, the characters, the plot and be just the reader.
This was easy to read, follow and get into. Pacing was consistent and engaging. This story is split up in 4 parts with a prologue and epilogue. Also it's told in multiple p.o.v's and in different time periods. Each p.o.v was distinctively different with what was happening and the vibe, that there wasn't any confusion.
This had me guessing and trying to figure out the connections up until, basically the end. I was right on a few of my assumptions, However, each character, event, connection was intricately and seamlessly woven to create this masterpiece.
If you've read any other book by J.P. you may have already met Reid and Peyton in The Wrong Woman. if not that's okay.
This book is a good introduction into Reid's story and into the series. As a PI, you can gain many enemies by just doing your job. That, and pair with the questions surrounding Reid's past, this series has a lot of potential for there to be many, many books.
I won't go into this next part too much, but this does contain topics of gambling, identity theft, scams and more.
As someone who has high risk of developing a gambling addiction, seen loved ones get scammed and has been a secondary victim of identity theft, this brought up quite a bit of frustration and anger. On the flip side of that, as someone who is also slightly analytical, I can understand why each of the characters did what they did.
Aside for my personal issues with the above. I really enjoyed this. I'm excited to see where the series will go from here. Will Reid look into his father's death as a PI? Will we get a cameo from any other characters J.P has written? Will we get more of Reid and Peyton? I'll be sticking around to find out.
I finished this book hours ago and just had to sit with this for a while. Gathering my thoughts. This story touches on many different topics, some of which I HATE with a passion. So, I wanted to sit and disconnect from my emotions to see the story, the characters, the plot and be just the reader.
This was easy to read, follow and get into. Pacing was consistent and engaging. This story is split up in 4 parts with a prologue and epilogue. Also it's told in multiple p.o.v's and in different time periods. Each p.o.v was distinctively different with what was happening and the vibe, that there wasn't any confusion.
This had me guessing and trying to figure out the connections up until, basically the end. I was right on a few of my assumptions, However, each character, event, connection was intricately and seamlessly woven to create this masterpiece.
If you've read any other book by J.P. you may have already met Reid and Peyton in The Wrong Woman. if not that's okay.
This book is a good introduction into Reid's story and into the series. As a PI, you can gain many enemies by just doing your job. That, and pair with the questions surrounding Reid's past, this series has a lot of potential for there to be many, many books.
I won't go into this next part too much, but this does contain topics of gambling, identity theft, scams and more.
As someone who has high risk of developing a gambling addiction, seen loved ones get scammed and has been a secondary victim of identity theft, this brought up quite a bit of frustration and anger. On the flip side of that, as someone who is also slightly analytical, I can understand why each of the characters did what they did.
Aside for my personal issues with the above. I really enjoyed this. I'm excited to see where the series will go from here. Will Reid look into his father's death as a PI? Will we get a cameo from any other characters J.P has written? Will we get more of Reid and Peyton? I'll be sticking around to find out.
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
A crime thriller that started off mysterious and really picked up the pace throughout. I wasn’t able to predict where the story was going and I loved the way it was pieced together from past to present and different POVs. I learned something new and I found that part of the plot to be very interesting. I have read everything by J P Pomare which worked out well as I didn’t realise it was the second book in a series but it could be read as a standalone as well.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
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