The Dark Tide audiobook

I'm giving this book a 3.5 but because I really enjoyed the main character - I added another 1/2 star. Lots and lots of different reviews for this book from 1-2 stars up to 4 - I have to say this was a very long story - and a very detailed explanation to the main character Ty Hauck - a good guy that seems to get himself in trouble and has to run and hide. If you like police/detective type stories - you should like this one - I feel that it is a promise for a very good series and I really am looking forward to reading the next one.

** spoiler alert ** Fast-paced, deception, lies, conspiracies, plot-twists… excellent!One morning, while at her yoga class, Karen Friedman, along with everyone there, learns of the bombing at Grand Central Station. At first, Karen feels horrible for the people involved in some way. Until that same horror starts to sink in - her husband had taken the train to work that morning after bringing the car in for servicing. Trying not to panic, she tries to reach him - but he’s gone. The first bomb was set off in the first two cars, and Charlie always sat in the first car. There’s nothing left of him to identify - only part of his briefcase was found.A year later, with the kids away for the night, Karen is determined to watch the documentary on TV. Just when she watch anymore, reaching for the remote to turn it off, whose face does she see? But it can’t be … can it? Is Charlie really still alive?Nearly a week goes by when Karen finally decides she needs to talk to someone about this. She won’t tell the kids - they were just as devastated as she was when Charlie was supposedly killed. Recording the documentary on a DVR, she takes it to detective Ty Hauck.She had met Ty previously when he came to her home. On the day of the bombing, he had been at a case of hit and run, and Charlie’s name and number had been in the kid’s pocket. Ty’s about the only one she can trust.And that’s when the fun begins. Ty takes a leave of absense, determined to find answers for Karen. Conspiracies, lies, deception, Karen can’t believe her husband of 18 years was even involved. But the biggest shocker is actually finding Charlie and hearing his confession. Only, it doesn’t stop there.**Great book! Had a hard time putting it down.Karen is a strong woman, in mind and body. Determined, she wants to hear the entire thing from Charlie’s mouth, face-to-face - she and their children deserve that much. Once she latches on, like a pitbull, doesn’t let go.Ty has lived a hell in his past, one that he actually couldn’t get passed, until he met Karen. But with Karen in his life, he moves forward, looking to the future, feeling emotions deep down that he never thought he’d feel again. Just as determined as she is, he breaks laws he’d sworn to uphold to get to the bottom of the whole matter, and it nearly cost them their lives.From bombs to hit-and-runs, to connections in between… From plot-twist to plot-twist, conspiracies, lies and deception, this one had it all. There was a little romance put in, but I felt it was more like an on the side type of deal. While I did feel something between Karen and Ty, it wasn’t as strong a spark as it could have been. I also felt that when the action starts, the dialogue suffered a little - well, enough that I can’t give this one a full five stars.Regardless, great mystery, great plot, enough action to satisfy, and emotions roll throughout. Excellent read!

The Dark Tide is the first in a series featuring detective Ty Hauck and the first that I've read; a third, Reckless, was published in 2010. Gross may be more familiar as James Patterson's co-author on several books as well, but he's a well-established author in his own right.I thoroughly enjoyed this one, although there were a few spots that challenged my realm of credibility just a bit. The plot involves misuse of investment funds (think billions, not millions) that extends all the way from Connecticut to an island in the British Virgin Islands and back again. Most of the twists, trysts and murders are predictable (including the ending), but the plot moves along quickly and interestingly nonetheless. Hauck is a character I'll be happy to see in print again, so it's for sure I plan to take a peek at Reckless the first chance I get.

A real pageturner. Gross's knack is to keep the suspense going, you want to find out what happened. The characters are more than game pieces that the author moves around the novel to solve the novel. They seem flesh and blood. The plot is good, a man appears to be dead in a bombing at Grand Central Station. Another man is killed in a hit and run. A cop meets the wife of the bombing and starts to investigate the hit and run. Meanwhile other people are out there looking for the man as well.Will he be found. Why is he on the run. Who is looking for him. Its definitely a winner, but its not Robert Ludlum just yet

This book had me at "go"!A gripping story that begins with the explosion mentioned in the summary (I do NOT believe in Spoilers in my submissions) and proceeds to take tge reader on a fast and scary literary roller coaster!Ty Hauck is the "main man" introduced in this first book of the Hauck series...gotta tell ya, he is one of my all time favorite "Heroes" (up there with the likes of Alex Cross, Harry Bosch, Stone Barrington, Shane Scully [RIP S.Cannell] for me).Regardless, 'Dark Tide' is a tought-provoking page turner that is difficult to put down with some awesome surprises!Thanks and happy reading, friends! 8-)Lisa the NookWorm@NurseLisainOhio/tweet me!

A very good book from Andrew Gross.Perhaps better known for his work for James Patterson.Deserves recognition for his work, solid start to this series.

First in the Ty Hauck thriller series — this one’s financial — and revolving around a woman mourning her husband with a suspicious Ty investigating in Greenwich, Connecticut.In 2009, The Dark Tide was nominated for the ITW Best Thriller of the Year.My TakeOkay, I knew how it would end. It's a plot type that is so common, but for me, it’s always the journey. How the author takes us from the start to the conclusion and what the characters encounter along the way, as you never do know what a writer will do.And Gross kept me busy. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough! People spoke to me [in the real world]. They had to poke or scream to get my attention. Buggers. Can’t they see I’m busy!?Using that third-person multiple point-of-view, Gross gives us the scoop on what different characters are thinking or doing. Very useful with that unexpected approach to cop-think with how Ty decides to investigate the hit-and-run that may be tied up with a death caused through terrorism.God knows, the clues keep popping up all over, and it’s still rather amazing that a couple of amateurs did as well as they did. ‘Cause I can’t give Ty a lot of props for his detecting sense in this. Sadly, there was a touch of the had-I-known, and I’m thinking it was a bit of foreshadowing that Karen‘s kids just happen to play lacrosse and field hockey? As for that rumbling Chekhov’s gun. Gross practically had to hit Karen over the head with it.True to form, Gross had the usual run of characters in this from the “pure-as-driven-snow” to the cowardly selfish to the “billionaires ruining it for the millionaires” types. And it takes this comment from one of them that makes me wonder what kind of Kool-Aid these boyos are drinkin’?”You don’t judge these kinds of funds. You run them. You manage the money.”Oh, yeah. That speech Karen gives at the end when it seems the bad guys are about to win was be-yoo-ti-full. And so very right. I just wish there had been so much more suffering for that jerk. One tip I took away from it, that has held true in past stories is to fight. Fight to the bitter end. The StoryToo bad Charlie hadn’t scheduled the car for another day. He wouldn’t have been on that train.That same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Karen's hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut, which brings Ty Hauck into the case when he finds a clue that connects the two seemingly unrelated events.It’s the threats. Those come later. And later again. Threats that cast doubt on everything Karen has ever known. Threats that terrify her and cause her to question everything about her past.The CharactersKaren is married to Charles Friedman, a hedge fund manager, and they have two kids: Samantha who will be attending Tufts and Alex who plays lacrosse. Tobey is their West Highland terrier; Sasha was run over last week. Rita is their housekeeper. Karen’s dad, Sid, owns a small chain of paint and remodeling stores in Atlanta. Margery is Charlie’s mom.Lieutenant Ty “The Legend” Hauck, a running back hero in high school, had experienced the big city, working the Information Office when the Trade Towers were hit and is now head of Violent Crimes in Greenwich. The Merrily is his twenty-four-foot fishing skiff. Beth is his ex-wife who married again, Rick, a district manager in a mortgage firm. Jessica is Ty and Beth's daughter; Elyse is a friend of Beth's. Norah. Norah had been four years old.The Greenwich PDDebbie is the secretary for Violent Crimes. Detectives Freddy Muñoz (Will is his son) and Zaro, Officer Stasio, and Sergeant Dicenzio are part of the force. Steve Christofel handles bunko and fraud. Carl Fitzpatrick is chief of police.The Norwalk PDDetective Joe Horner is involved in the fancy car heists.Another agency, in Stamford, is run……by Vito Collucci, a forensic accountant, who has worked with Ty in the past.The Joint Inter-Agency Task Force is……part of the NYPD and oversees the city’s security. Lieutenant Joe Velko works on Watchdog, a state-of-the-art computer software program that monitors bits of data. His wife, Marilyn, had died on 9/11 leaving Joe with two daughters, Michelle and Bonnie.Harbor Capitol is……the investment fund Charlie opened. Heather is his assistant, Sally runs the back office and is the bookkeeper, and Jonathan Lauer is the junior trader. Now he’s at Man Securities. Stevie is Lauer’s eight-year-old son; Lucy was his daughter and Kathy his wife. Gary Eddings, a bond trader at Merrill, is a friend of Lauer’s. Linda Edelstein arranged Harbor Capitol travel plans.Saul Lennick was Charlie’s boss at Goldman Sachs and now acts as the trustee for Harbor; he’s practically a godfather to the Friedman kids. Mimi is his wife. They have a daughter in Boston with two children. Ida is Saul and Mimi’s housekeeper.Pensacola, Florida“Pappy” Raymond is a harbor pilot and the assistant harbormaster for the Pensacola Port Authority. Al is the ship’s mate. Pete (a harbor pilot like his dad) and Walker are Pappy’s other sons, AJ’s brothers. Ray Dubose and Mack Tyler are tug’s mates.The CaribbeanSteve Hanson lives on his boat, the Emberglow . Neville is his Trinidadian captain with the Sea Angel . Ronald Torbor is an assistant manager at the First Caribbean Bank on Nevis; Edith is his wife. Their children include Alya, Peter, and Ezra who has Asperger’s. Paul Williams is Edith’s cousin. Mr. Carty is the senior bank manager. Mrs. Williams makes great roti. Michel Issa is in the diamond business in St. Maarten and known as a businessman who keeps his mouth shut. Marte is his wife. Juliette is their daughter with a baby, Danielle. Wilson is the cop who investigates the murder.Dolphin Oil is based out of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Falcon Partners is one of those investment companies that hides ownerships.Phil Dietz is a retired cop cold canvassing for security systems for Dark Star. Hodges is a track coach from Wilton. Lenz and Cates are part of the team. Paul Roos and Alan Gillespie are with Archer and Bey Associates in Johannesburg. Alan Weitzman is another alias. Gregory Khodoshevsky is a Russian billionaire. Pavel is his fourteen-year-old son; Michael is another son. Ludmila is his wife. The Black Bear is his schooner.Johann Pieter Fichte is a German banker, a money trafficker, if you get right down to it. SunDog’s Web address is [email protected] Gordon is an old buddy and is the dock manager at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club. The Fairfield Diner is a cop hangout. Rollie. Mary hands out coffee at the game. Richard and Jacqueline are a French couple who live next door to Ty and do custom furniture restoration.Dave Corso owns the custom auto shop who employed Abel “AJ” John Raymond. Jackie is the receptionist. Thomas Mardy, a supervisor at a credit-checking business, couldn’t possibly have used his credit card.Paula and her husband, Rick, are good friends with Karen. Cheryl is Karen’s yoga instructor. Kyle Bregman had also been on the track team. Mal is their droning plumber. Kegg is a lawyer from Parker. Megan Walsh is with the JP Morgan Chase bank. Ian Coombs. Baltic Securities. Media Publishing distributes Mustang World .The Cover and TitleThe cover feels like it’s bleeding with that red bleeding vertically into white with a woman’s hand dangling on the back. A partial slipcover hides this with dark gray waves, a ragged white wave is at the top as The Dark Tide moves in, preparing to take them all down.The author’s name is large in an embossed white outlined in red on the half-slip while the title is below it in the reverse, an embossed red outlined in white. Informational blurbs are in white and scattered about.

Reminded me of the new tv series a million reasons

3.5

Book 1 in the Ty Hauck series This novel is an attention grabber right from the start...beware...It is a never ending fast paced story of deception, lies and conspiracies. It opens one morning at yoga class, Karen Friedman and her friends learn of a fatal bombing at Grand Central Station. Karen at first, felt terrible but her emotions go into high gear when she realizes that her husband Charlie, a hedge fund manager, has taken the train to work. She later finds out that a part of her husband's briefcase has been found at the point of detonation ... Where's Charlie?....will she ever see him again.... On the anniversary of the event, Karen although still devastated by the loss of her husband wonders if she can watch a documentary of the day on TV. As she is about to switch channels she sees what appears to be Charlie's face in the background....has she seen a ghost or is she loosing it.... At the time of the bombing, Detective Ty Hauck was working on a hit and run incident. Personal information found on the victim brought Ty's investigation to Karen's door and over time she developed an appreciation for his manner and expertise. It is for these reasons that Karen decides to share her discovery with Ty and hopefully find out what really happened. As you can imagine, the story intensify from this point on. The investigation has many surprises along the way, it starts in the Hamptons goes to Pensacola and ends in the Caribbean with a bang...The storyline while basic and straightforward progresses well, the prose paint an exciting and entertaining picture. I like the realistic way the main players are depicted, they are not shown as super action heroes or a damsel in distress. I recommend this novel for its simplicity, it is captivating and enjoyable from start to finish

Wow, what a heart-racing, action-packed read...the perfect way to escape reality on a cold afternoon!Charles Friedman, a wealthy and successful hedge fund manager, was on a commuter subway train that was bombed by terrorists near Grand Central Station. He was thought to have been killed and burned up in the tragedy. His wife and children accept the inevitable and move on with their lives until terrifying threats and unexplained coincidences cause his wife Karen to doubt everything she new about her husband and other trusted friends and become terrified that he had taken risks that continue to put her and her children in grave danger. Helped by a city detective Ty Hauck, who is dealing with his own personal loss that becomes one of the threads that tie them into a developing relationship, Karen digs more deeply into her husband's papers and files to gradually uncover a terrifying picture of high-stakes fraud, murder, blackmail, and international money-laundering with so many unanswered questions that the reader keeps turning pages in spite of guessing the ultimate outcome. While it had its admirers, this book took a lot of flack from many reviewers, but it grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn't let go. I noticed that many of the more negative comments came from those who listened to it in audio form, so I think some of the defects they noticed (repetitive use of names, trite descriptions) were not so noticeable to a reader engrossed in the action.

This book is one of my favorites! I gave it 5 stars because I love suspense and that is exactly what this book brings. It is filled with twits and turns and leaves you anxious to find out what happens next. Karen, the main character is so worried that her husband is on the train with the terrorist bombing. "I got a call from him, Heather! At eight thirty-four. He said they were pulling into Grand Central in a while...." that is one of the most dramatic quotes in the book found on page 22, because it shows how panicked Karen is about getting in touch with her husband. In class we talked about finding the books that suit your personal interest the best, and books with suspense/mystery leave me wanting to come back and read more. I would recommend The Dark Tide to anyone who loves a good mystery. The things Karen finds out about her husband, the man that she thought she knew, will shock you! It really is a good book.

This was the first book I have read by Andrew Gross all by himself and I liked it. The chapters are small and the story moves very quickly. I kind of guessed what was going on in the very beginning, but that didn't take away from the story itself. There was even a little romance thrown in between the Lieutenant and the widow. One minor complaint about the flow of the book, at times I felt like it was a little choppy and I didn't feel it flowed from one idea to another very well. I felt that way with the Patterson I just read too, so maybe that is the norm. This is a book with a fair amount of action and adventure. I plan to read the next in the Ty Haugh series in the future too.

I gave the book four stars because I felt the first half was worth five stars and the last half was closer to three stars. The book started off at a fast clip and had some interesting twists. I liked the characters and the overall plot. As the story moved along, it felt repetitive in some places, but overall, I enjoyed it and would read another one by Andrew Gross.