American Outrage

By Tim Green

Book Overview

As an investigative journalist, Jake Carlson has made a career of digging up the truth. After winning a Pulitzer at the precocious age of 33, he accepts a lucrative job as a correspondent with a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446615730
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Another Green masterpiece

I've enjoyed all of Green's novels and this is no exception. I felt for the characters throughout the book.

Superb action packed book

Another great book by Tim Green. With each book, Green matures as an author. In American Outrage, he juxtaposes a son looking for his real birth mother with organized crime and a behind the scene look into a tabloid news show. From the first page to the last, this book is packed with action and leaves the reader rotting for the heroes to succeed in their mission. If you are a fan of Grisham, DeMille, Patterson and other Green books, you will love this one. Definitely one of his best works.

4 1/2 stars

Tim Green's latest starts at a slow to moderate pace, but towards the middle of the novel it was a race to the end. His characters seem real and his story telling ability seems to improve with each novel. This novel was an improvement over his last one, which was 'Kingdom Come'.

A surprising effort!

I read Green's first two books and though I found them intersting I didn't feel they showed me anything special and haven't gone back for more until "American outrage." Jake is a great series characters and the plot was fantastic. The whole experience has changed my opinion completely about this author's talent and I intend to back track and try more. Good going. I highly recommend this one for sheer creativity, suspense, dialogue and a few unexpected twists.

enjoyable investigative thriller

In New York City American Outrage TV news reporter Jake Carlson mourns the loss of his wife Karen. However, their thirteen years old adopted son Sam is having more trouble with her death in many ways more than Jake is as the kid feels he does not belong anymore. Sam asks Jake to find his biological mother; reluctantly he agrees though he is not sure how successful he can be as they adopted him from a nebulous Albanian system. Jake starts his search with the lawyer who finalized the adoption only to find the man committed suicide. He next goes to the Albanian agency only to learn they are no longer in the baby business; instead they are a travel agency. Still though he makes little progress, Jake digs deeper for Sam's sake with his teen at his side. When the travel agency head is killed after a night with Jake, he knows he is getting close, but not sure what he has. He becomes tabloid news, Sam vanishes, and the Mafia and an unknown affluent adversary want Jake stopped. This is an enjoyable thriller as Jake changes during the course of the quest. Whereas he initially gives his investigation lip service, he soon realizes how important it is. Adding interest to the fun tale is the reporter becomes the subject of his peers and gets a taste of his own medicine. Fans will enjoy this solid investigative tale. Harriet Klausner