Calm, crescendo, tsunami, calm

Read the publisher's summary, I try not to write spoilers.

From a calm beginning to a frantic rush to sort out seemingly unrelated threads, this book kept me entertained from beginning to end. The background for the mysteries is well done; I didn't ever get bored. The characters range from tragic veteran to home grown terrorists to mob hit persons. All is wrapped up in a satisfactory manner. My one disappointment was the somewhat obvious ending. I am not sure it should have been done differently, but it seemed like an afterthought to a well paced book.

Luke Daniels gives one of his great performances.

I will try another book in the Kolarich series.

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A Top-Notch Read!

This is the first of David Ellis' books I have read, and I read it in Audible format. All I can say is that it is a first class thriller!

I almost always have two books in progress: One on my Kindle, the other in Audio format, and I read from 3 to 4 total per week. If a book does not hold my interest, I put it aside, and try it again later - sometimes years later - and then maybe I find it to be interesting enough to finish. I say that merely to lend credence to my evaluation. Many of the best, I will read several times over the years, much like Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series. David Ellis' books will be on that re-read list!

This book, The Wrong Man, is OUTSTANDING! It held my attention from the very first page. I won't repeat the plot descriptions that others have written, as that is unnecessary. My goal is for my reviews to be credible so that people have trust that I will not highly recommend a book that does not keep my interest.

The Wrong Man definitely kept my interest! Ellis has a way of drawing the reader in with a well written narrative, with every word on every page having meaning to the story at hand. He makes you feel as if you, the reader, are actually his protagonist, Jason Kolarich - facing the same forces that he faces in his quest to see justice done. I have since obtained every one of Ellis' novels, and will be putting them at the top of my reading list over the next few weeks and months!

And, I won't wait for his books to hit the discount list. As he writes new novels, I will be among the first to purchase them, as his are on my same priority list as are Lee Child, David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, John Sandford's Virgil Flowers series, Nelson DeMille, John Gilstrap's Jonathan Grave series, and a few others. For awhile there, just a few years ago, all my favorite authors had died; but, now I have many more favorites that, as I further age toward my declining years, I'll have these friends to accompany me along that trip, giving me comfort and satisfaction along the way!

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Bases for a great movie

Where does The Wrong Man rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Better than the Lincoln Lawyer. Powerful business men, FBI, ex-marine, sarcastic lawyer, mafia and controlling unforgiving judge

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jason was my favorite. Sarcastic, funny and never gives up. Works the angles. Great at cross examination.

What about Luke Daniels’s performance did you like?

When he landed Jason onto his back in the cell

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

When all odds are are against you

Any additional comments?

I really feel this would make an entertaining movie in it's entirety. But those making movies seem to cut out parts. Nice ending I didn't see coming.

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Best one ever! Love this author!! Buy this book!!

This was the 2nd David Ellis book I purchased never having read the author before. David Ellis writes similar to John Grisham with a Jonathan Kellerman or James Patterson thriller/mystery edge. Jason Kolarich digs deep to solve his cases. Love the sarcasm and attitude of main character - Jason. Was extremely pleased with this book. Highly recommend this author. I don't think you need to read the books in order, but you may want to since this is the best one. Great performance by Luke Daniels - compared to others - he really becomes Jason in this book - really developed the character. I'm reading "Hidden Man" right now and it is just as good except the narrator hasn't quite come into character - but still a good mystery/thriller/lawyer jargon book. You won't be sorry if you become a David Ellis fan!

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Legal thriller with powerful suspense

The wrong man is an excellent legal thriller with lots of courtroom action, but with most of the suspense being outside the courtroom. Luke Daniels does a great job of narration.

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Great Story & Performance

I have really enjoyed all the Jason Kolarich stories. David Ellis is one of my favorites.

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Another good Kolarich

Got to give this series 5's so far. I had to drop narration a star. Mostly very good. Won't give the story away but at one point female voice was too low and soft while Kolarich was too loud and obnoxious which I don't believe was Ellis's intent. Overall rating Has to remain a 5.

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Good But Not Great

Good book and worth a read to all crime fiction readers that are in to legal thrillers. Maybe Americans relish plots where their government is facing imminent terrorism, but that story line is so tired. Jason is a typical complex character, and sees the world as such, so why make him a crusader for the government? Leave him to pursue justice in what ever means suitable and appropriate to his character, but just not the dull nationalist and patriotic way. That just limits him and is not indicative of the present day critical thinking person who views governments with a dose of healthy skepticism. Jason loses that perspective in the latter chapters and a reader, who thinks critically, thus becomes detached from Jason's character.

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Great book, great narrator

This audio book was good from the first 5 minutes to the last with a very good plot twist at the end.

Painfully predictable

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

The story has potential but when I called all the "twists" waaaay before they happen, its not much fun.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Probably not

Any additional comments?

The narrator did a horrible job of portraying different women. They all sounded the same: breathy with a slightly southern accent. In fact, I rather recent that. When more that one woman was in a scene, I couldn't tell who was talking.