The bestselling author of "The Devil in the White City" tells the amazing, interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a doctor and an unlikely murderer, and Gugliemo Marconi, the obsessive genius who invented the wireless--whose stories converge during the greatest criminal chase of all time.
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The bestselling author of "The Devil in the White City" tells the amazing, interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a doctor and an unlikely murderer, and Gugliemo Marconi, the obsessive genius who invented the wireless--whose stories converge during the greatest criminal chase of all time.
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Another excellent book by Erik Larson. He has a way of writing well-researched, incredibly gripping books, almost to the point of "I can't put this down until I'm finished." I wish he would write more.
william S
Jul 28, 2011
Thunderstruck--not as exciting as the name implies
Thunderstruck is not nearly as interesting as Larson's previous works. Isaac's Storm dealt with a hurricane and huge loss of life. The Devil in the White City covered the Columbian Exposition and a serial killer. Thunderstruck is about Marconi's involvement in the development of radio, and a single homicide--a much different book than the previous two, and to this reader, pretty lame. It's a good book if you are REALLY into murder mysteries, or the history of radio. Thunderstruck certainly does not live up to the standards set in disaster coverage and true crime that the previous two books established.
Nocturne
Dec 27, 2007
Builds up and then belly flops
I have only read one of his other books--White City--and mainly bought that book because it was about my home town. I love murder mysteries that combine real history so thought this one might be good. He does a great job of fleshing out the characters and building suspense but left me asking lots of questions such as why the murder remained in England rather than return to the US permanently (he could have just left his wife behind and started a new life in the US). I learned a lot about Marconi though and what he went through to insure his invention was recognized and utilized. But the ending was kind of lame--basically within a few sentence: bad guy was caught and executed, Marconi went on to become famous (duh). I felt the same way about White City so I think it is a flaw of the writer. I just find this writer's books inadequate, they kind of whet your appetite but then never serve the meal.
Velma
Oct 9, 2007
Another Winner
Erik Larson has done it again. Another wonderful book of real history that reads like fiction. Here he tells the story of Dr. Crippen who murdered his wife in London and Marconi the developer of wireless communication. The two tales weave in and out of each other without the reader ever losing interest in either one. This is popular history at its best. No one should miss it.
carolynMaine1
Jul 26, 2007
Book Club Choice
My book club chose this book for our book club based on Larson's previous book, Devil in the White City. We found the writing style to be good fodder for discussion. The descriptions of the (real) people in the book to believable, the history to be fasinating. To be able to talk about technology and crime was unique. The way he tied the two together was nerve-wracking, and even though we all knew Crippen was guilty, how he was caught was crime fighting at it's best. How he was caught before the science we have now showed how good police work can triumph.
