Chasing the Dime

Abridged
Author: Michael Connelly
Narrator: Alfred Molina
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Time Warner Audio Books
Date: October 2002
Length: 6 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3.5/5
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

"The messages waiting for Henry Pierce when he plugs in his new telephone clearly aren't intended for him: "Where is Lilly? This is her number. It's on the site."" "Pierce has just been thrown out by his girlfriend and moved into a new apartment, and the company he founded is headed into the most critical phase of fund-raising. He's been "chasing the dime" - doing all it takes to come out first in a technological battle whose victor will make millions. But he can't get the messages for a woman named Lilly out of his head:" ""Uh, yes, hello, my name is Frank. I'm at the Peninsula. Room six twelve. So give me a call when you can."" "Something is wrong. Pierce probes, investigates, and then tumbles through a hole, leaving behind a life driven by work to track down and help a woman he has never met." The world he enters is one of escorts, websites, sex, and secret passions. The beautiful Lilly is an object of desire to thousands. To Pierce, she becomes the key that might fix a broken life. But in pursuing Lilly, Pierce has entered a landscape where his success and expertise mean nothing. He is a mark, an outsider, and soon he is also the victim of astonishing violence, the chief suspect in a murder case, and fighting for his life against forces he can barely discern.

Reviews (31)

Good Book

Written by Anonymous from Kingman, KS on May 14th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Could not finish in the car and had to bring into the house and finish. Could not just leave it until the trip. The only thing bad was this is an adbridged version and it seemed to have gaps in some places. Wish that you had the unabridged version to listen to.

Chasing The Dime

Written by Kay from Vevay, IN on April 18th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Another very good read, really liked how the story played out.

Chasing the Dime

Written by Anonymous from Redding, CA on April 3rd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I agree the guy made too many errors. But it was very entertaining and I liked it a lot. I thought the guy had character going after the search even though every said not to. Scum of the earth was what he found.

Chasing the Dime

Written by Kelly Jefferson on January 25th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Good book but... Not believable in the least. This man made so too many mistakes, I was shouting at the car radio, “you jacka**. Sometimes it was so far in left field I think the author was reaching for a storyline.

Twists and turns

Written by Nacheska Gentry-Combs on October 1st, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This book was interesting from the first and there were many times it felt like an old horror flick when you would say "No, don't open the door." Though the main character, Henry made some fairly large mistakes in judgement, the plot had great twists and turns and was very intriguing. I would recommend it as entertaining.

Holy quick endings batman

Written by Anonymous on August 21st, 2007

  • Book Rating: 2/5

The setup was good but the ending was extremely abrupt.

chasing the dime

Written by Evelyn McAdams on June 7th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This was a fast read,it took a twist I didn't expect.Overall it was pretty good

Chasing the Dime

Written by Barbara Woody from Crane, TX on June 4th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Wow, I kept carrying this one back and forth from the car to the house so that I could listen to it without interruptions {or as few as possible}. The suspense was well done and the ending was a total surprise. I enjoyed this story very much and can't wait for another Michael Connelly book.

EXCELLENT!

Written by Bob Switalski from Massillon, OH on January 26th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This is a top notch thriller. I wish I had the unabridged version... MC does it again!

Chasing the Dime

Written by Judy Stokes on January 11th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This was a fair-to-good mystery and crime story - kept me wondering what would happen next; made me picture these scenes; provided a little tension. However the writing is fair-to-middling - there are a few story elements that were poorly fleshed out and could really have been dynamite in the hands of another writer. The romance was blah and the ending trite. I almost wish he wouldn't have bothered with the romance, if the focus was on the crime drama. Don't depend on this one for great literature - just an interesting twist on a whodunnit.

Author Details

Author Details

Connelly, Michael

"Connelly has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Nero, Barry, Ridley, Maltese Falcon (Japan), .38 Caliber (France), Grand Prix (France), and Premio Bancarella (Italy) awards.

In addition to his work in publishing, Michael Connelly was one of the creators, writers, and consulting producers of Level 9, a TV show about a task force fighting cyber crime that ran on UPN in the Fall of 2000.

Connelly is currently writing his next book which will be released in 2004. It will be another in the Harry Bosch series.

He lives with his family in Florida. "