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Mire
From the #1 Australian bestselling author of Still comes a compelling and cinematic crime thriller that takes us from Sydney to New York in the heady 1980s.
'The cloth that was over his head and tied tightly around his neck smelt like the army disposal store he'd been with his father. Lying on the floor of the van, hands tied behind his back, he closed his eyes and breathed in the kerosene-like scent of the sack, and he wished he was back there again. Back with his father on a Sunday afternoon ...'
They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. For Dan Milligan it isn't his life ... it's memories of his dad.
Dan has spent his whole life chasing something. Fast cars, leggy blondes, the rush of making a lot of money and the cocaine high to celebrate. But as the stock market plummets in 1987, his world comes crashing down.
A new life on the South Coast isn't too bad. Mowing lawns is good honest work. Most days. But other days, he tells himself he'll get back in the game. He'll get his head together, get his mojo back and master the market again. He just needs some luck. Then one day ... his luck changes. And suddenly he has a choice.
It's the wrong choice. To stay alive, Dan makes a deal with the devil. He has no idea what he is about to unleash on his life, himself and his family. Or how far he will go to find a way back.
A page-turning thriller, Mire takes us from the testosterone-fuelled stock market floor in 1980s Sydney to the coastal green hills of the NSW South Coast and onto the Mafia-ruled streets of New York. The body count is high - and the stakes are even higher.
'The cloth that was over his head and tied tightly around his neck smelt like the army disposal store he'd been with his father. Lying on the floor of the van, hands tied behind his back, he closed his eyes and breathed in the kerosene-like scent of the sack, and he wished he was back there again. Back with his father on a Sunday afternoon ...'
They say your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. For Dan Milligan it isn't his life ... it's memories of his dad.
Dan has spent his whole life chasing something. Fast cars, leggy blondes, the rush of making a lot of money and the cocaine high to celebrate. But as the stock market plummets in 1987, his world comes crashing down.
A new life on the South Coast isn't too bad. Mowing lawns is good honest work. Most days. But other days, he tells himself he'll get back in the game. He'll get his head together, get his mojo back and master the market again. He just needs some luck. Then one day ... his luck changes. And suddenly he has a choice.
It's the wrong choice. To stay alive, Dan makes a deal with the devil. He has no idea what he is about to unleash on his life, himself and his family. Or how far he will go to find a way back.
A page-turning thriller, Mire takes us from the testosterone-fuelled stock market floor in 1980s Sydney to the coastal green hills of the NSW South Coast and onto the Mafia-ruled streets of New York. The body count is high - and the stakes are even higher.
297 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2026
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July 5, 2026
I absolutely loved Still by Matt Nable back in 2021 so when I heard that he had another book coming out I jumped at the chance to read it. While Mire is very different, it was still a fantastic read. I spent my Sunday afternoon engrossed in Dan Milligan’s fall from grace, start to finish.
I loved the 1980s setting, the author made me feel like I was back there with my volleys on, listening to great 80s music and going to my local milk bar for an ice cream. Those were the days. From Sydney, to the south coast of NSW to New York, I was turning the pages to see what bad decisions Dan would make next.
Dan wasn’t very likeable. He was obsessed with money and how much he could get. He wanted more cars, more houses, more watches. His greed was his downfall, unable to resist a spot of luck he comes across, which leads to him making a deal with the devil. He is arrogant and cocky and is someone that was not easy to care about.
Thanks to Hachette Australia for my copy on NetGalley and physical ARC to read. Out on July 7th.
I loved the 1980s setting, the author made me feel like I was back there with my volleys on, listening to great 80s music and going to my local milk bar for an ice cream. Those were the days. From Sydney, to the south coast of NSW to New York, I was turning the pages to see what bad decisions Dan would make next.
Dan wasn’t very likeable. He was obsessed with money and how much he could get. He wanted more cars, more houses, more watches. His greed was his downfall, unable to resist a spot of luck he comes across, which leads to him making a deal with the devil. He is arrogant and cocky and is someone that was not easy to care about.
Thanks to Hachette Australia for my copy on NetGalley and physical ARC to read. Out on July 7th.
July 10, 2026
Do you ever feel yourself sinking into a mire, a mess, a bog of your own making? Bet you never went as deep into the muck as Dan Milligan. Dan is a gambler. He likes to bignote himself and doesn't care how far he goes beyond the truth doing so. He wants to be admired for his possessions, his lifestyle rather than his character. It makes him take risks and make poor decisions: "the determination to show his success always triumphed over the humbler approach."
Mire is about how he learns to choose otherwise, and how easy it is to backslide when what makes you tick isn't honest: "The whole time he'd been in Kiama, he'd never considered whether he was, in fact, satisfied. His thoughts were always of a return, a grand one, never of committing to where he'd landed. He hadn't spent a moment tasting what his life had actually become." Dan's fall from grace is near fatal, but weirdly you find yourself kind of rooting for him. The consequences were much bigger than anyone would have expected stumbling upon something while mowing a lawn in Kiama. And he really didn't understand what his fellow stock market players found out in the crash: "Too much money to know what to do with, so you consume – you eat, drink, take drugs, rarely do you say no to anything. It's a trap, mate."
With thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Australia & New Zealand for sending me a copy to read.
Mire is about how he learns to choose otherwise, and how easy it is to backslide when what makes you tick isn't honest: "The whole time he'd been in Kiama, he'd never considered whether he was, in fact, satisfied. His thoughts were always of a return, a grand one, never of committing to where he'd landed. He hadn't spent a moment tasting what his life had actually become." Dan's fall from grace is near fatal, but weirdly you find yourself kind of rooting for him. The consequences were much bigger than anyone would have expected stumbling upon something while mowing a lawn in Kiama. And he really didn't understand what his fellow stock market players found out in the crash: "Too much money to know what to do with, so you consume – you eat, drink, take drugs, rarely do you say no to anything. It's a trap, mate."
With thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Australia & New Zealand for sending me a copy to read.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Australian author and actor Matt Nable tried his hand at crime fiction in his 2021 novel Still. That book was historical crime fiction set in Australia’s Northern Territory in the 1960s. In his new crime novel, Mire, Nable once again goes back in time but not quite as far. Set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mire tells a very different story of excess and bad behaviour.
Dan Milligan is what Tom Wolfe might have called a Master of the Universe. It 1987 and the stock market trader is riding high and living large in Sydney. Only the stock market crash sees that all go away and he soon finds himself on the skids, running a lawn mowing business on the NSW South Coast. Purely by chance he comes across a secret bunker in which he finds over one million dollars in cash. When the owners of the property move away he decides that it is safe to take the money and use it to get his old life back. What he doesn’t know is that the money belongs to the mafia and they do not take theft lightly. Soon he finds himself in New York and forced to put his talents to work for the mob, only he also finds himself in the middle of efforts to bring the mafia down.
Dan Milligan is not a particularly likeable character. Nable does his best to explain where some of his insecurities and neediness comes from but in the end he is selfish and self-serving. But has good company. Nables narrative ranged across a range of ne’er-do-wells including Vinnie, the man who hid the money and is now on the run from the mafia to bent cops to the FBI and police who are looking to bring the mafia down in any way they can.
There is a lot of suspension of disbelief required to make Mire work. The reason why the mafia would bother with Dan at all is never explained in a satisfactory way. Dan gets out of being killed by claiming to be a great futures trader but it is not clear why the mafia would buy that or even if they did, why they would feel the need to import these skills from Australia. And some of the things that the mafia make him do stretch believability just a touch. But readers who get past that will find a well plotted caper novel which provides a great sense of time and place, that spends most of its time on the wrong side of the law.
Dan Milligan is what Tom Wolfe might have called a Master of the Universe. It 1987 and the stock market trader is riding high and living large in Sydney. Only the stock market crash sees that all go away and he soon finds himself on the skids, running a lawn mowing business on the NSW South Coast. Purely by chance he comes across a secret bunker in which he finds over one million dollars in cash. When the owners of the property move away he decides that it is safe to take the money and use it to get his old life back. What he doesn’t know is that the money belongs to the mafia and they do not take theft lightly. Soon he finds himself in New York and forced to put his talents to work for the mob, only he also finds himself in the middle of efforts to bring the mafia down.
Dan Milligan is not a particularly likeable character. Nable does his best to explain where some of his insecurities and neediness comes from but in the end he is selfish and self-serving. But has good company. Nables narrative ranged across a range of ne’er-do-wells including Vinnie, the man who hid the money and is now on the run from the mafia to bent cops to the FBI and police who are looking to bring the mafia down in any way they can.
There is a lot of suspension of disbelief required to make Mire work. The reason why the mafia would bother with Dan at all is never explained in a satisfactory way. Dan gets out of being killed by claiming to be a great futures trader but it is not clear why the mafia would buy that or even if they did, why they would feel the need to import these skills from Australia. And some of the things that the mafia make him do stretch believability just a touch. But readers who get past that will find a well plotted caper novel which provides a great sense of time and place, that spends most of its time on the wrong side of the law.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
1987, Sydney, Australia. Dan Milligan is in finance and making lots of money, he has a fast car, good looking wife, they party hard and he hopes one day to slow down and have kids.
Then the stock market crashed, Dan loses everything, money, house, car, wife all gone and he’s always felt like he was a disappointment to his father Harry, and now he’s reached an all-time low. Dan moves to the South Coast, starts a lawn mowing round, and he enjoys working outside. Sometimes he misses being rich, not that he would admit it to his mates at the pub and he hopes his luck and bank balance will change.
One day it does, Dan makes a choice, not a very smart one and a weeks later he finds himself in the back of a van, with a bag over his head, and to stay alive he makes a deal with the devil. Dan is forced onto a plane and flying to New York, he has no way of returning home and is at the mercy of the Mafia. A very high stakes games of cat and mouse, they could tell him to do anything, and if he refuses it will be his turn for a bullet in the head or worse.
I received a copy of Mire by Matt Nable from NetGalley and Hachette Australia & New Zealand in exchange for an honest review. This novel is very different to his previous work Still and which I preferred.
A narrative about a drug syndicate in New South Wales, how Dan unknowingly takes their money and becomes involved in greed, ties to America and five of the main Mafia families in New York, informers, a cop on the take and a CIA agent.
I must admit I didn’t like Dan Milligan, however due to his ego and not being the sharpest tool in the shed it was quite easy to imagine him participating in something way out of his league and not thinking about the consequences of his actions.
At times it had me laughing at just how silly Dan was, three and a half stars from me, a quick and easy crime thriller read.
Then the stock market crashed, Dan loses everything, money, house, car, wife all gone and he’s always felt like he was a disappointment to his father Harry, and now he’s reached an all-time low. Dan moves to the South Coast, starts a lawn mowing round, and he enjoys working outside. Sometimes he misses being rich, not that he would admit it to his mates at the pub and he hopes his luck and bank balance will change.
One day it does, Dan makes a choice, not a very smart one and a weeks later he finds himself in the back of a van, with a bag over his head, and to stay alive he makes a deal with the devil. Dan is forced onto a plane and flying to New York, he has no way of returning home and is at the mercy of the Mafia. A very high stakes games of cat and mouse, they could tell him to do anything, and if he refuses it will be his turn for a bullet in the head or worse.
I received a copy of Mire by Matt Nable from NetGalley and Hachette Australia & New Zealand in exchange for an honest review. This novel is very different to his previous work Still and which I preferred.
A narrative about a drug syndicate in New South Wales, how Dan unknowingly takes their money and becomes involved in greed, ties to America and five of the main Mafia families in New York, informers, a cop on the take and a CIA agent.
I must admit I didn’t like Dan Milligan, however due to his ego and not being the sharpest tool in the shed it was quite easy to imagine him participating in something way out of his league and not thinking about the consequences of his actions.
At times it had me laughing at just how silly Dan was, three and a half stars from me, a quick and easy crime thriller read.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I think that many of us know someone like Dan Milligan: someone who is always competing, looking for something that is bigger and better … someone who really doesn’t recognise that instant gratification can have limits, that one day the music might stop, and reality can kick in with a vengeance. For Dan Milligan, that reality hit when the stock market plummeted in 1987. He lost everything, and found himself on the New South Wales South Coast, mowing lawns. One day, Dan tells himself, he’ll return to the life he left behind.
Then one day, a chance discovery sees Dan make a choice with consequences he will live to regret. As the blurb informs the reader: ‘Mire takes us from the testosterone-fuelled stock market in 1980s Sydney to the coastal green hills of the NSW South Coast and onto the Mafia-ruled streets of New York.’
I kept turning the pages, wondering how the story would end. I’ll confess that Dan annoyed me intensely and while I didn’t much care whether he survived or not, some of the (to me improbable) twists in the story held my attention. Yes Dan, actions have consequences.
This is the third of Mr Nable’s novels I have read, and I confess that I did not enjoy it as much as either ‘Still’ or ‘Faces in the Clouds’.
Note: My thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Australia and New Zealand for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Then one day, a chance discovery sees Dan make a choice with consequences he will live to regret. As the blurb informs the reader: ‘Mire takes us from the testosterone-fuelled stock market in 1980s Sydney to the coastal green hills of the NSW South Coast and onto the Mafia-ruled streets of New York.’
I kept turning the pages, wondering how the story would end. I’ll confess that Dan annoyed me intensely and while I didn’t much care whether he survived or not, some of the (to me improbable) twists in the story held my attention. Yes Dan, actions have consequences.
This is the third of Mr Nable’s novels I have read, and I confess that I did not enjoy it as much as either ‘Still’ or ‘Faces in the Clouds’.
Note: My thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Australia and New Zealand for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
June 24, 2026
Thanks to Good Reading and Hatchette Australia for an ARC copy of this novel.
Mire had me feeling frustrated at times. Dan Milligan is almost immediately unlikeable - arrogant, ambitious, and constantly chasing the next best thing. While those traits helped make him rich, they ultimately became his downfall.
Before the story reaches New York, I found the pacing quite slow and struggled to stay engaged. The blurb on the back of the book and the prologue kept me reading, as I was expecting something bigger to unfold.
Once Dan arrives in New York, the tempo lifts considerably and the suspense really kicks in. Despite finding himself in an almost impossible situation, with the constant threat of death hanging over him, it was hard not to feel some sympathy for him. Even though he remained unlikeable, I couldn’t help but hope he would somehow find a way out of the very sticky situation he had created with the mob.
I also enjoyed the nods to Australian country towns and the 1980s setting. Descriptions such as, “He bought an old Holden Premier, three on the tree with a new cassette player and two bald tyres,” felt authentically Australian and helped bring the era to life.
Overall, Mire is a great page-turner. Once the story finds its stride, it keeps you turning the pages, wondering what will happen next.
Mire had me feeling frustrated at times. Dan Milligan is almost immediately unlikeable - arrogant, ambitious, and constantly chasing the next best thing. While those traits helped make him rich, they ultimately became his downfall.
Before the story reaches New York, I found the pacing quite slow and struggled to stay engaged. The blurb on the back of the book and the prologue kept me reading, as I was expecting something bigger to unfold.
Once Dan arrives in New York, the tempo lifts considerably and the suspense really kicks in. Despite finding himself in an almost impossible situation, with the constant threat of death hanging over him, it was hard not to feel some sympathy for him. Even though he remained unlikeable, I couldn’t help but hope he would somehow find a way out of the very sticky situation he had created with the mob.
I also enjoyed the nods to Australian country towns and the 1980s setting. Descriptions such as, “He bought an old Holden Premier, three on the tree with a new cassette player and two bald tyres,” felt authentically Australian and helped bring the era to life.
Overall, Mire is a great page-turner. Once the story finds its stride, it keeps you turning the pages, wondering what will happen next.
June 27, 2026
This guy can write! I first discovered him with his book Still, a fabulous read. Mire is just as compelling.
Dan Milligan is a high flying man in the Stockmarket but when the market crashes and he loses millions his decadent lifestyle of drink, drugs, girls, fast cars fancy watches clothes etc comes to an end.
Broke he starts a lawn mowing business hoping to get enough capital to get back in the game. On one of the properties with a huge lawn be finds by chance a trapdoor that leads to an underground chamber where hidden are bags of money. Not sure what to do he leaves the money and carries on as usual. When the house is sold he checks again and the money is still there. He takes it and when he counts it up it comes to 1.2 million. Instead of taking things quietly and flying under the radar he starts spending it, The money unfortunately belonged to a New York mob and they want it back. It doesn’t take long to find him and he ends up in a negotiation for his life. He guarantees he can make the money back and more with trading in the stock market but he needs a stake to start him off. To earn the stake he has to kill someone. He is then taken back to New York to be at the bidding of the mob.
Set in 80s it’s a page turning thriller that goes from the sandy beaches of Sydney to the mafia fuelled streets of New York. I highly recommend.
#Mire #NetGalley
Dan Milligan is a high flying man in the Stockmarket but when the market crashes and he loses millions his decadent lifestyle of drink, drugs, girls, fast cars fancy watches clothes etc comes to an end.
Broke he starts a lawn mowing business hoping to get enough capital to get back in the game. On one of the properties with a huge lawn be finds by chance a trapdoor that leads to an underground chamber where hidden are bags of money. Not sure what to do he leaves the money and carries on as usual. When the house is sold he checks again and the money is still there. He takes it and when he counts it up it comes to 1.2 million. Instead of taking things quietly and flying under the radar he starts spending it, The money unfortunately belonged to a New York mob and they want it back. It doesn’t take long to find him and he ends up in a negotiation for his life. He guarantees he can make the money back and more with trading in the stock market but he needs a stake to start him off. To earn the stake he has to kill someone. He is then taken back to New York to be at the bidding of the mob.
Set in 80s it’s a page turning thriller that goes from the sandy beaches of Sydney to the mafia fuelled streets of New York. I highly recommend.
#Mire #NetGalley
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Matt Nable’s Mire is a fast-paced, action-driven novel, but it is far from a one-dimensional thriller. Beneath the momentum and escalating stakes lies a compelling study of a deeply flawed central character whose identity is shaped by an intense need for approval, status, and the adrenaline of risk.
The novel is particularly strong in its exploration of personal collapse and recovery. When the protagonist hits rock bottom, Nable shifts focus to a more reflective register, charting a gradual reassessment of values and a growing recognition of his own shallowness. What emerges is a quieter, more grounded sense of self, formed outside the previously dominant markers of wealth, ambition, and external validation.
This character development gives the novel real depth. Rather than simply depicting downfall as spectacle, Nable uses it as a space for psychological reckoning and change. The final act—where the tension between the character’s new perspective and his old instincts comes to a head—is especially well handled, drawing the conflict with real precision and control.
There is also a sense that this may not be the end of the story. The conclusion feels open enough to suggest further development of the character, potentially in a sequel. If so, I’ll be reading.
The novel is particularly strong in its exploration of personal collapse and recovery. When the protagonist hits rock bottom, Nable shifts focus to a more reflective register, charting a gradual reassessment of values and a growing recognition of his own shallowness. What emerges is a quieter, more grounded sense of self, formed outside the previously dominant markers of wealth, ambition, and external validation.
This character development gives the novel real depth. Rather than simply depicting downfall as spectacle, Nable uses it as a space for psychological reckoning and change. The final act—where the tension between the character’s new perspective and his old instincts comes to a head—is especially well handled, drawing the conflict with real precision and control.
There is also a sense that this may not be the end of the story. The conclusion feels open enough to suggest further development of the character, potentially in a sequel. If so, I’ll be reading.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Big thanks to Hachette for sending us a copy to read and review.
A father’s approval and admiration has a big influence on Dan Milligan and as he faces dangerous uncertainty he is once again reminded of dad’s memory. This craving leads to wrong decisions, glamorous purchases and heartbreak.
Silly decisions won’t win him favours and will cause detriment.
Dan stumbles across an unexpected find and makes a choice that will not only catch up with him but puts his life in danger.
Fast money is not often honest money.
Stock market investments, theft and murder play out in a tense situation with professional criminals controlling the game.
A gritty, realistic and tumultuous narrative takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of organised crime both in Australia and the USA.
Scenes written so well that you could imagine, see and hear them as though they were being acted out on a TV show.
The father son relationship threads throughout, is a standout for me.
Matt is now an automatic read.
A father’s approval and admiration has a big influence on Dan Milligan and as he faces dangerous uncertainty he is once again reminded of dad’s memory. This craving leads to wrong decisions, glamorous purchases and heartbreak.
Silly decisions won’t win him favours and will cause detriment.
Dan stumbles across an unexpected find and makes a choice that will not only catch up with him but puts his life in danger.
Fast money is not often honest money.
Stock market investments, theft and murder play out in a tense situation with professional criminals controlling the game.
A gritty, realistic and tumultuous narrative takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of organised crime both in Australia and the USA.
Scenes written so well that you could imagine, see and hear them as though they were being acted out on a TV show.
The father son relationship threads throughout, is a standout for me.
Matt is now an automatic read.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Mire was such a fast paced, gritty read that had me thinking 'just one more chapter' at 1am in the morning.
We all know a Dan Milligan in real life. That person who always thinks they're a bit better than everyone else and never truly happy because they're always chasing the next best thing. One of the things that I loved about this crime thriller was that ever single character was flawed and I found the relationship between Dan and his father especially interesting and it was probably very reflective of the times.
The 1980's settings in both Australia and New York were perfect and I loved the Mafia element!
There were multiple times in the story where I was mentally screaming at Dan and his dodgy choices. This was the kind of read that makes you think about how one poor choice can really change the trajectory of your whole life and also wonder what you would do in that same situation!
Thank you @hachetteaus and @goodreadingmag - I loved every minute of this Aussie crime thriller!
We all know a Dan Milligan in real life. That person who always thinks they're a bit better than everyone else and never truly happy because they're always chasing the next best thing. One of the things that I loved about this crime thriller was that ever single character was flawed and I found the relationship between Dan and his father especially interesting and it was probably very reflective of the times.
The 1980's settings in both Australia and New York were perfect and I loved the Mafia element!
There were multiple times in the story where I was mentally screaming at Dan and his dodgy choices. This was the kind of read that makes you think about how one poor choice can really change the trajectory of your whole life and also wonder what you would do in that same situation!
Thank you @hachetteaus and @goodreadingmag - I loved every minute of this Aussie crime thriller!
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
I'm a big Matt Nable fan. It's a shame that his acting and other work takes away from his writing time and it's been a long five years since his last book. He's a great storyteller and it's the insight and depth to his characters that sets his books apart.
Dan Milligan is always looking for an opportunity to be bigger and better, to showboat, to chase the next thing. He's a high flyer in the finance world, but the 1987 stock market crash sees his world crumble. Bad choices lead to catastrophic consequences, and Dan comes into the sights of people and a world he knows nothing about, and he must fight for his life.
This one is a real page turner that I didn't want to put down.
Dan Milligan is always looking for an opportunity to be bigger and better, to showboat, to chase the next thing. He's a high flyer in the finance world, but the 1987 stock market crash sees his world crumble. Bad choices lead to catastrophic consequences, and Dan comes into the sights of people and a world he knows nothing about, and he must fight for his life.
This one is a real page turner that I didn't want to put down.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This was a gritty thriller with great settings across New York City and the NSW South Coast. It was my first mafia read, and hopefully not my last!
I didn't like Dan (our MC) but I was still invested in what happened to him. The multiple POVs gave enough depth to connect with the characters and I enjoyed seeing how they were all tested in some way as the story unfolded. It's in the toughest circumstances that people's true character is revealed. And there were many tough circumstances!
It wasn't until I reached the end that I realised Matt is also an actor! I can definitely picture him portraying a character story on screen.
I didn't like Dan (our MC) but I was still invested in what happened to him. The multiple POVs gave enough depth to connect with the characters and I enjoyed seeing how they were all tested in some way as the story unfolded. It's in the toughest circumstances that people's true character is revealed. And there were many tough circumstances!
It wasn't until I reached the end that I realised Matt is also an actor! I can definitely picture him portraying a character story on screen.
July 10, 2026
I loved Still by Matt Nable and I had high hopes for Mire - and let me tell you it did not disappoint!!!
I loved that it was set in the 1980's and that Dan was so incredibly unlikable. He was arrogant and cocky and completely unappealing. I could not put this book down and I cannot wait to recommend it to other readers.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.
I loved that it was set in the 1980's and that Dan was so incredibly unlikable. He was arrogant and cocky and completely unappealing. I could not put this book down and I cannot wait to recommend it to other readers.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.
June 18, 2026
Mire: lucky to get an early copy via Good Reading and Hatchette.
Loved the thriller genre.
Australia and NewYork base, fast exciting read.
No ones a hero but just makes it more readable.
I like books with a good story and this did not disappoint.
Loved the thriller genre.
Australia and NewYork base, fast exciting read.
No ones a hero but just makes it more readable.
I like books with a good story and this did not disappoint.
July 6, 2026
This was my first novel by Matt Nable and it was enjoyable, it's a classic actions have consequences story.
While the main character Dan did annoy me a times throughout the book I kind of felt like that was the point. His actions contributed to some humerous moments, not being the brightest bulb combined with his greed lead him to his high's and ultimatley lead to his demise.
This story is one of those ones that is just absurde enough it could have happened back in the 80s. Dan who is down on his luck after the stockmarket crashed literally stumbled across some 'luck' only to find himself in hot water with crime syndicate in the US.
Thank you Matt Nable & Hachette Australia & New Zealand for the copy for my honest opinion.
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
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Tropes:
🌩️ Thriller
🌩️ Organised Crime
🌩️ Greedy MC
🌩️ Choices have consequences
🌩️ 1980s setting
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While the main character Dan did annoy me a times throughout the book I kind of felt like that was the point. His actions contributed to some humerous moments, not being the brightest bulb combined with his greed lead him to his high's and ultimatley lead to his demise.
This story is one of those ones that is just absurde enough it could have happened back in the 80s. Dan who is down on his luck after the stockmarket crashed literally stumbled across some 'luck' only to find himself in hot water with crime syndicate in the US.
Thank you Matt Nable & Hachette Australia & New Zealand for the copy for my honest opinion.
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🌶️ N/A
Tropes:
🌩️ Thriller
🌩️ Organised Crime
🌩️ Greedy MC
🌩️ Choices have consequences
🌩️ 1980s setting
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