Big Numbers

by Jack Getze

Book Overview

Who is killing Austin Carr? About to be murdered--snatched off a private fishing yacht by a six-hundred-pound giant bluefin tuna--a down-on-his-luck stockbroker recalls the collection of events,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193749554X
• ISBN13: 9781937495541
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Down & Out Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A fun summer read; you won't put it down!

This book is flat out hilarious! It follows in the footsteps of (highly accredited) Stephen Freys* stock market and financial intrigues but in a much lighter tone. I'm ordering his other book Big Money today! If you haven't already enjoyed Stephen Freys' excellent book check him out too!

Austin Carr is having a bad day . . .

Actually, he's having a bad day, week, month and year. I liked the premise of this book alot - we know someone is trying to kill Austin Carr, the question is who? The book then takes place over the previous few weeks during which we meet many, many people who are actively trying to kill Austin and a few more who might like to. The book is fast paced and fun, and I finished it in a couple sessions. I was taken by pleasant surprise in learning whodunit, and look forward to reading Getze's next book.

Big Numbers is big entertainment.

This novel perfectly balances light and darkness; it is gripping and funny. Just when the main character Austin Carr thinks he's caught a break, a way out of his troubles, well things aren't what they seem. He's got to navigate his way around the curves, which are never-ending. Everyone I've recommended this book to has loved it. If you like humorous mysteries with a dark edge, this story is for you.

Wow, great story!

Austin Carr is the kind of character it takes nerve to write: morally imperfect, struggling with self-inflicted troubles, often choosing the low ground. That's why Austin Carr feels real. And he's on the ride of his life. He's squeezed, under pressure, chased, seduced, beat up, even strapped to a giant bluefin tuna. And we are with him all the way. Served up with an edginess reminiscent of good noir, sprinkled with a salty dash of pulp fiction plot twists, and delivered in a sardonic voice that bites like the afterburner of a Herradura Gold shooter, Jack Getze hands us a new series it's impossible to ignore. I can't wait to read the next one.

Loved it...............

This book is a gem. Tightly written with a smartmouth stockbroker/protagonist, it begs to be read in one sitting. The beginning sets up the end and you are guessing the whole time. Could it be Psycho the wrestler? Could it be the sales manager? What about the host of other thugs and sinister personalities? I ain't telling. Austin Carr lives in a camper. It's not what you call glamorous, especially when you have to wear a football helmet to keep your head from getting banged on the ceiling. He cleans up well, though, enough to sell stocks and securities during the day at a brokerage firm and at night to date what looks like a beautiful rich woman. How does he pull this off? It helps to be disarmingly honest, brazenly confident, and clever. It doesn't help when other people want you dead. My own personal rule for mysteries is that the Bad Person is always the one you least suspect. I won't say if my rule held, but don't read this book if you have to be somewhere. Getze is a find. Can't wait for the next one.