*Review & Giveaway* The Big Exit by David Carnoy

The Big Exit by David Carnoy
Published by: Overlook
Publication Date: October 11, 2012
ISBN-10: 1590205154
Pages: 320
Review Copy from: Overlook
Edition: Paperback
My Rating: 2

Synopsis:

By the acclaimed author of the remarkable debut novel, Knife Music, The Big Exit is a suspenseful crime novel that keeps the surprises coming right up to the end. Richie Forman is freshly out of prison. By night, he makes a living impersonating Frank Sinatra in San Francisco’s lounges and corporate parties. But then his ex-best friend—the man who stole his fiancée while he was in prison—is found hacked to death in his garage, and Richie is the prime suspect. In a murder mystery with the twists and turns of a microchip, Carnoy weaves his characters like a master. He has written an authentic, unputdownable thriller that is sure to chill and delight.

Thoughts & Opinions:

This is the first book I have read by the author, and although I was not gripped by it, it was still a pretty good story.

Carnoy does a good job of revealing the characters and showing how they are all connected. However, there are some things that I felt were unnecessary to the story.

The story-line  is a good one but it left a little to be desired for me as far as pacing. I felt it started off slowly and everything was resolved quickly towards the ending. For me, I needed to be pulled in much sooner for a quick ending.

All in all, this was a well-written book that is worth reading if you are into thrillers.

Author Bio:

While David Carnoy lives in New York City with his wife and children, his novels take place in Silicon Valley, where he grew up and went to high school (Palo Alto). His debut novel, Knife Music (2010), was a Top-10 bestseller on the Kindle and also a bestseller on the Nook. More medical thriller than high-tech thriller, to research the novel Carnoy spent a lot of time talking with doctors, visiting trauma centers, and trailed a surgeon at a hospital in Northern California to help create the book’s protagonist, Dr. Ted Cogan.
The Big Exit (2012) isn’t a sequel to Knife Music per se. However, a few of the characters from Knife Music figure prominently in the story. His second novel has more of a high-tech slant and reflects Carnoy’s experiences as an executive editor at CNET.com, where he currently works and is trying resolve his obsession with consumer electronics products. He went to college at Wesleyan University and has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University.

http://www.davidcarnoy.com/.

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DISCLAIMER

I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me, in exchange for my honest review.