| View Larger Image | Perception | Paperbackby Bill Grimley (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | BookSurge Publishing | | Page Count: | 328 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 18, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 496,822th |
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Product Description
The largest chemical plant in Louisiana is decimated, scores are killed and maimed, and the question is why. Is it operational error, terrorism or something else, and in the end it may not be one thing or the other, but both. From a tumultuous corporate boardroom in Sidney to the wily streets of The French Quarter, from a halcyon afternoon in a London park to the shadowy, dense jungles of Guatemala, fierce and unrelenting ambitions collide in a struggle to redefine the global balance of wealth, power and justice. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Grimley gets it right by Douglas Zuelke (Ottawa, Ohio)  5 Stars
January 18, 2009
Bill Grimley's first book is fast paced and well thought out. The short chapters remind me of Patterson, while the first hand lawyer perspective and the down home Louisiana flavor resonate with the best of John Grisham. His characters are flawed but interesting and likable. I hope we see more of Jack Fitzgerald in the future.
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Perception AND Insight by C. Harbo (Louisiana) 5 Stars
January 15, 2009
This book is much more than a good story. The author poses a number of deep questions about how perception defines our reality, and how we weigh corporate responsibility and social justice.
How do revolutionaries warp into terrorists?
Who is more offensive (1) a company who generates jobs/products/wealth but behaves irresponsibly or (2) a lawyer who earns an excessive fee from suing that company ?
This book would make a great book club discussion book because there is so much insight by the author about human nature and social conscience.
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Move Over Robert Langdon...Jack Fitzgerald is in Town! by R. Sturdy (Colora, MD) 5 Stars
January 14, 2009
I received this book at Christmas and put it off to the side with all of the festivities. What a mistake! This fast paced page turner doesn't want to be put down. Mr. Grimley takes you on a roller coaster ride of intrigue with hair pin turns and surprises around every darkened, plummeting corner. Not since "The Da Vinci Code" have I felt that kind of rush from a book. He weaves the tale with wonderfully explicit detail. I could envision Chemtel all alit as the explosion rips through the plant, feel the steaminess of the French Quarter, and even see the alligators basking on the banks of the bayous. Jack Fitzgerald is wonderful as the angst ridden attorney trying to sort it all out. While a fantastic piece of fiction; it is scary how easily something like this could come to pass (and has?). I look forward to Mr. Grimley's next book. I hope that we don't have to wait too long.
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WOW! by Cherine B. Schofield (Louisiana) 5 Stars
January 10, 2009
This book was given to me by someone who thought I might like it. Wow!
I started reading the book only because it was here and I hadn't already started another...I finished reading the book because I couldn't wait to get to the solution of the crime. Only once before have I rushed through a book to find out what happens, and that was with "The Firm." I rate this up there with John Grisham's best and recommend it highly to fans of his. Move over Mr. Grisham; here comes Mr. Grimley.
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Fast Paced by Karl Pizzolatto (baton rouge, la) 5 Stars
January 06, 2009
This is a fast paced novel with an excellent plot. The author leaves you anticipating "what's next" & then blows you away with unexpected twists to the plot. Difficult to put down. (Kept me up later than I wanted when reading in bed). Am looking forward to next novel.
karl pizzolatto
baton rouge,la
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