Crack-Up
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Argus Ward is a ex- U.S. Secret Service agent who runs a protection agency catering to the rich and legendary. His best-kept secret–which he shares with lawyers and doctors and even psychiatrists–is his status as a high-functioning paranoid schizophrenic. One day, with small warning, he turns psychotic for the first time in twenty years. He lands in a secure psychiatric facility, charged with the murder of his most legendary client, high tech industry billionaire John Helms, the wealthiest man in America.
Argus has no memory of the killing. A blood test suggests to him that some unknown enemy had switched his anti-psychotic tablets with identical-looking dummy pills to purposely drive him insane.
A sign of lingering paranoia? His doctor thinks so. Even his wife.
Yet Argus escapes incarceration to prove his theory. With the law on his trail and a ticking time bomb in his head–due to a lack of tablets–he discovers that his disease had been “weaponized” by a powerful group to secretly assassinate John Helms as part of a multiple assassination conspiracy of world-wide significance.
Or has Argus simply lost his mind again? What in the end is “real” and what is only imagination in his tale?
And what is justice for the criminally insane?
Come lose your grip on reality. Read CRACK-UP.
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This ebook also contains bonus excerpts:
Chapter 1 of FRAME-UP by Eric Christopherson and Brad Schoenfeld
and
Chapter 1 of ORIGIN by J.A. Konrath
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I saw a really enthusiastic review (5 stars) from a respected reviewer, so got this book.
After reading it, I find I’m not nearly as enthusiastic as the others have been; I’ll give high inscription for the formatting. After having just finished a book that was full of typos & misused words, this one was a pleasure to at least not have that to contend with.
I establish the tale to be just so-so; I really wasn’t on the edge of my seat ever, and establish myself wishing it would just be over. In fact, it was really a bit hard to try to follow. When the end finally came it was just a relief. I despise to write a review that’s negative, but sorry, that’s the way it struck me.
I just couldn’t give it an honest recommendation.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This was a fantastic quick paced book. I originally bought it due to the cheap fee but was immediately hooked. I want to read something by this leader again.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I don’t know exactly what propels a book into the NYT bestseller list, but I genuinely judge that if “Crack-Up” was published in print by a major publisher, it would be a bestseller. I also reflect it would make a splendid movie, but more about that later.
One issue that I reflect a major publisher might have is how to market the book. It’s a thriller, certainly a psychological thriller, maybe a murder mystery. If I had to assign it to only one genre, I would go with psychological thriller. If you don’t know much about paranoid schizophrenia, you’re in for an education, since the main character, Argus Ward, suffers from this disease, which when active, causes hallucinations, weird voices, and delusions. Regularly, the reader has no way of knowing whether what he’s experiencing is real or just paranoia. He rumor has it that killed John Helms, a very wealthy and influential CEO of a Microsoft-like company, but even though establish standing over Helms’ body splattered with Helms’ blood, he doesn’t remember a thing. This happens pretty early in the book, so I’m not giving away any spoilers. For the rest of the book, after escaping from confinement after being arrested for murder, Argus tries to solve the mystery of who killed Helms and why.
To say much more would give away too much of the plot. As I worked my way through the book, I kept expecting some kind of M. Night Shyamalan twist or something like the ending of “Shutter Island,” where nothing was as it appeared. But to the leader’s credit, the ending is perfectly logical, and looking back, I saw where he dropped enough clues that a sharp reader might have selected up on it.
If a movie is ever made of “Crack-Up,” I can see Russell Crowe playing Argus Ward. A few years ago in the movie “A Gorgeous Mind,” Crowe did a fine job playing mathematician John Nash, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia during much of his life. So while I was reading “Crack-Up,” I envisioned Crowe as Argus Ward.
My verdict: Five stars and two thumbs up!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This book is very well written, lot’s of plot twists and unexpected things happening.
I loved it from beginning to end. Can’t wait until Mr. Christopherson writes another. He certainly goes on my list of excellent authors.
The only thing that didn’t ring right for me was his feelings and his need for his wife. She is mentioned, but it’s at least 2/3 of the way into the book before he states how much he misses her and his daughter. I would reflect anyone on the run and away from home would dwell on this more than this guy did. It’s a tiny thing, but it made a difference to me.
This book is nicely formatted for the Kindle and I never establish a mistake in it.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
As I read this, I establish myself trying to guess where the twists were, what was real and what was just unadorned paranoid. I liked the tale well enough and the writing got the job done.
I’d say for a leisure read, it’s worth alternative up.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5