Nick Heller is tough, smart, and stubborn. And in his line of work, those traits are essential. Trained in the Special Forces, Nick is an intelligence investigator -- his job: to expose secrets powerful people would rather keep hidden. He's also the man to call when you need a problem fixed. Desperate, Nick's nephew Gabe, calls Nick. Gabe's mother, Lauren, has been attacked and lies in a coma, and his stepfather Roger, Nick's brother, has vanished without a trace. Nick and Roger have been on the outs since their father, the ...
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Nick Heller is tough, smart, and stubborn. And in his line of work, those traits are essential. Trained in the Special Forces, Nick is an intelligence investigator -- his job: to expose secrets powerful people would rather keep hidden. He's also the man to call when you need a problem fixed. Desperate, Nick's nephew Gabe, calls Nick. Gabe's mother, Lauren, has been attacked and lies in a coma, and his stepfather Roger, Nick's brother, has vanished without a trace. Nick and Roger have been on the outs since their father, the "fugitive financier" went to jail, and Roger followed in his father's footsteps. Now Nick's search for his brother puts him on a collision course with one of the most powerful corporations in the world -- and it will protect its secrets at any cost.
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For a gripping thriller that keeps you turning pages, VANISHED is a great book. This is the opening salvo in Joseph Finder's series starring Nick Heller (see below). Nick was in Special Ops but has morphed into a highly competent investigator for an upscale DC company.
While Heller is finding about a billion dollars of US currency aboard an airplane, his nephew Gabe calls in a panic. His mother Lauren and Nick's brother, Roger Heller were at a Georgetown restaurant. Lauren was attacked when Roger went back for his keys at the restaurant. When Lauren awakens, Roger is gone -- without a trace.
Nick goes on the hunt for his estranged brother. The two men come from money -- lots of it -- in their youth. However their father went to jail for SEC violations for 30 years. Roger has always admired his father while Nick rejects his father's dishonesty.
There are plenty of twists and turns to satisfy the most jaded thriller reader. Joseph Finder writes great fight scenes, tense dialogue and snappy comebacks. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. However, it was not without flaws. It is easy to ignore the errors because this is such a cracking great story.
Nick Heller
1. Vanished (2009)
2. Buried Secrets (2011)
2.5. Plan B (2011)
3. Guilty Minds (2016)
