#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg hits the ground running in a breakneck thriller where truth and fiction collide for the unluckiest writer alive.

When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn’t an accident.

Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldn’t imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was done...and who is behind the plot. That makes him too dangerous to live.

Ian goes on the run, sweeping up an innocent bystander in his plight - Margo French, a dog walker and aspiring singer. They are pursued by assassins and an all-seeing global-intelligence network that won’t stop until Ian and Margo are dead. Ian has written thrillers like this before, but this time he doesn’t know how it’s going to end - or if he will be alive to find out.

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Listening Length	6 hours and 51 minutes
Author	Lee Goldberg
Narrator	Adam Verner
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	01 April 2018
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07B8PRPF6
Best Sellers Rank	46,618 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 533 in Espionage Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) 702 in Action Thriller & Suspense Fiction 2,228 in Espionage Thrillers (Books)

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Mildly entertaining but largely diaappointing.

Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2018

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I love the premise of this book, that's why it disappoints me that it turned out to be so churlish and crass. What could have been an interesting update on Orwell's 1984 is nothing more than a pulp fiction collection of rehashed cliches. I remember reading a review Lee Goldberg wrote about an early Adrian McKinty novel and it seems he didn't learn from the things that he criticized McKinty for. While there were some reasonable passages in the book, it constantly felt like the authors hardwork was let down by a repatitive need for a juvenile one liner. I really hope that the book was meant to be a terrible comedy ala Police Academy 3 onwards, however I suspect that statement might leave Goldberg confused. This book passed some time for me, but I would rather have that time back and read something else.

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Garry

You real,y need to get onto this

Reviewed in Australia on 12 March 2018

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Feeling wide awake in the middle of the night? Start reading. You won’t stop until you reach the end but a warning. Be patient until about halfway,then it really takes off and it’s a wild ride to the finish.

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Wayne.Dainty

Excellent

Reviewed in Australia on 18 March 2018

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Fast moving, crazy plot. Characters were highly entertaining and believable. Couldn’t stop reading except when I laughed so hard I couldn’t hold my IPAD. Bring on the next one. This has got to be a series.

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Diana

Too much power

Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2018

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Probably read another book by this author. As time passed it improved though a lot of chance adventures and coincidences.

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Sorry. I do not like rubbish. I thought Lee Goldberg was a better author than this. I know better now.

Reviewed in Australia on 2 April 2018

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What does an author think of his public. That we are morons . We spend are money on books we think will be interesting. But I sure wasted my money this time. But not again Mr Goldberg.

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Reviewed in Australia on 2 December 2018

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always enjoy these books as I keep buying when they come out great writer

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JohnACT

Not Great!

Reviewed in Australia on 22 July 2019

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The story started with potential and deteriorated from there!

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Peter Doyle

True enough

Reviewed in Australia on 24 June 2018

Not the best and not the worst. I wish the book was entirely about Clint Straker ( you need to read the book to find out). That would have been sensational. I hope the author does one day. That aside I found the novel a good read with some interesting and fun characters. Some clever stuff let down by some really cheesy writing. Worth the read though.

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Andy

Unusual slant on a thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2018

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I got this on Kindle first and wasn't sure what to make of it at first - an event in the lead character's life as an author mimicking one of his novels - but the further I got into the book the more I wanted to see how it ended. Halfway through I wondered how it could be book 1 in a series, but having finished it I have added the sequel to my wishlist so want to read more. I haven't done this with many of my Kindle First choices, so take that as a positive.

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M. jackson

Cracker

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 March 2018

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You know who the hero is: you know who the villain is from ( almost ) page 1 and the chase is on. A hectic thriller of a ride.
I picked this up thinking I'd read a chapter before washing up. The washing up nearly didn't get done. Fast paced - you can see the film version in your head - this is a genuinely unputdownable novel. Relatively short but the characters are skilfully drawn and the action comes thick and fast. The premise is scarily real but the writing has enough humour to make it a great romp.
Highly recommended
Well worth reading

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Ruju

Preposterous but fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2019

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Ian Ludlow is an author who writes cheesy action thrillers with preposterous plots. In True Fiction, he stars in his own cheesy action thriller with a preposterous plot. As I was reading it, I was thinking it was going to rate 3 stars at the most, dropping to 2 every time Lee Goldberg dropped in a chapter of one of Ludlow's thrillers to interrupt the story. But then I sat down to write this and realised that although I really shouldn't have enjoyed it, I did. The purpose is to entertain, and it was job done. I nearly got carried away and gave it 4 stars, but it gets a well deserved 3.

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StephenF-2008

To near the truth to be fiction. As the tittle says.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2018

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A whacky novel that mirrors our world as it is but only from the stage of one of the world powers. At times almost too much but then one reflects that the author is raising his concerns for our benefit.... misused power, misused wealth, and an unattractive fixation with sex. The sad thing is that it is a really good read with a far greater relevance than that of the world of James Bond.

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Great fun fast action

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2018

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Normally I deliberately only read a few chapters a day to stretch out the tension. I finished this in two sessions on the beach! Ludlow is a great accidental reluctant hero who doesn't know what he is capable of until the last third of the book.
To add to the fun, the secret microchip inserted in a motherboard at a corrupt factor might seem a bit far out. Ten minutes before that bit I had read a news item on such chips in servers used by big American companies so they could be spied on with the exact same way!! Certainly added to the fun. May have to buy the next in the series at this rate.
If you want a fast action thriller with a great sense of humour, get this now.

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