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    Lost

    Written by Michael Robotham

    Narrated by Ray Lonnen

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    About this audiobook

    Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz doesn't know who wants him dead. He has no recollection of the firefight that landed him in the Thames, covered in his own blood and that of at least two other people. A photo of missing child Mickey Carlyle is found in his pocket--but Carlyle's killer is already in jail. And Ruiz is the detective who put him there. Accused of faking amnesia, Ruiz reaches out to psychologist Joe O'Loughlin to help him unearth his memory and clear his name. Together they battle against an internal affairs investigator convinced Ruiz is hiding the truth, and a ruthless criminal who claims Ruiz has something of his that can't be replaced. As Ruiz's memories begin to resurface, they offer tantalizing glimpses at a shocking discovery.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 6, 2008
    ISBN9781449800970
    Lost
    Author

    Michael Robotham

    Michael Robotham is a former investigative journalist whose bestselling psychological thrillers have been translated into twenty-five languages. He has twice won a Ned Kelly Award for Australia’s best crime novel, for Lost in 2005 and Shatter in 2008. His recent novels include When She Was Good, winner of the UK’s Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for best thriller; The Secrets She Keeps; Good Girl, Bad Girl; When You Are Mine; and Lying Beside You. After living and writing all over the world, Robotham settled his family in Sydney, Australia. 

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    • 3/5
      Cop gets fished out of the Thames with a bullet hole in his leg, but can't remember how he got there. Tries to resume the case of the girl who was kidnapped 3 years earlier. Lots of twists, easy read, but a little slow in parts.
    • 4/5
      Detective Inspector Ruiz got shot (twice), nearly drowned and has lost his memory of the days in which critical events took place in a case that has tormented him for three years. Obviously amnesia isn’t a new plot device but it’s used with great skill here. The way Ruiz re-creates the events conveys his frustration and fear beautifully.

      The story cracks along at a rapid pace while at the same time including detail and back story where necessary so that the characters are wonderfully complex. Robotham is a dab hand at getting to the nub of writing people because even minor characters that only appear for a page or two are so perfectly depicted that you quickly develop a real sense of them.

      For fans of Robotham’s earlier novel, The Suspect, this book provides an enjoyable opportunity to meet up with Joe O’Loughlin again, although this time he is more competent professional than the rattled major-crime suspect he was in the earlier outing. As someone who is growing tired of never-ending book series and their repetitive protagonists I thoroughly enjoyed this approach to incorporating known characters in a book.

    • 4/5
      Robotham is an author I discovered this year and this now makes my 5th of his books I have read. I have truly enjoyed each one. This was no exception the characters are always flawed in the best ways. The stories rich with many levels and always suprises to keep you invested. A girl went missing three years ago. Mickey seems to have disappeared and a man has gone to jail for her presumed death. An Inspector has not been able to let the case go. And when new evidence comes to light he cannot seem to get any police cooperation but vows to bring Mickey home one way or another.
    • 3/5
      I was looking forward to following psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin again as he cracks another case, this time involving none other that DI Vincent Ruiz, his sworn enemy in the first book, who has been fished out of the Thames with a grave leg shot wound and a missing finger, but no memory whatsoever of the events that got him in that situation. But I was sorely disappointed that the narration this time had been handed over to Ruiz, with O'Loughlin only playing a secondary role. The story that emerges is a good one and held my attention all along: a little girl has gone missing without a trace while making her way from the fifth floor of her apartment building to the ground floor. There are mean gangsters, and huge cache of diamonds thrown in the mix which also held my interest, but I could have done without the pedophile who is suspected of having killed the girl—a story element I thoroughly dislike in any book, no matter how well put together. I still may continue with this series, if only to see where Robotham takes it next, now that he's gotten the pedophile out of his system.
    • 5/5
      Love all of Michael Robathom's books but this one is my favorite ♥️
    • 5/5
      DI Vincent Ruiz is near retirement age and is known in the force as a bit of a loose cannon. He is head of London's Serious Crimes Group. He has a fixation on a missing child case theoretically solved three years earlier. Although a body was never found, someone has been convicted of Mickey's murder. Ruiz is convinced they got it wrong, that the child is still alive. Ruiz is fished out of the Thames, more dead than alive, a dreadful bullet wound in his leg, the top joint of one of his fingers missing, and amnesia. He has no idea what happened. In a sense this is a sequel to Robotham's first novel SUSPECT, with the same two main characters, Ruiz and psychologist Joe O'Loughlin. Whereas SUSPECT focussed on O'Loughlin's predicament, LOST focusses on Ruiz. LOST won the 2005 Ned Kely Award for best mystery by an Australian author.
    • 4/5
      When Detective Ruiz is pulled from the Thames, he has a bullet in his leg, a photograph of a missing (and presumed dead) girl in his pocket, and absolutely no memory of what happened. Nearby is a bloody boat, perhaps evidence of further damage from the night Ruiz can't remember. When his own colleagues start hounding Ruiz for answers - some even accusing him of faking amnesia - the battered and beleaguered detective turns to O'Loughlin to help recover his memories. And as the past comes back in fragments, the astonishing truth begins to crystallize.
    • 4/5
      Cop found in Thames, can't remember who shot him. Very exciting, with lots of twists.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book. The twist and turns kept me intrigued . There was only one thing I didn’t understand but I can’t tell you or I will give away part of the story. If I ever get a one on one with the author I am going to ask.
    • 4/5
      can't quite give this 4 stars because I thought it was a little slow. I love Michael Robotham and like a lot of suspense/thriller authors I read, his mind scares me. To be able to write as a cop and a psychologist and do it so well and then to write such twisted story lines.... creepy. This book was about a cop with amnesia trying to piece together some of the events that happened that landed him in the hospital, in a coma for 8 days. I thought the ending was brilliant but the rest of the book dragged on. Would I recommend it? Is it Michael Robotham? lol Of course I would!
    • 5/5
      A deft twist on the hoary old theme of amnesia, very nicely done.
    • 5/5
      Great characters, great story line , believable. I am really enjoying this series by this author he is fantastic!! Can’t stop listening
    • 4/5
      Loved it! Great book that I couldn't put down until I'd finished it. Highly recommended to anyone that likes suspese thrillers.
    • 3/5
      I could not get through this. The voice actor’s smacking lips and saliva sounds just did me in. On top of that, the narrator is such a misogynist. The story sounds like it might be worth the read, but not with this guy. This level of misophonia has NEVER happened with another actor.
    • 5/5
      Robotham has become one of my favorite authors and this book doesn't disappoint. Simple writing style. Direct, not overly descriptive. Excellent interview by Joe of Ruiz trying to trigger memories buried by amnesia. A missing girl, a ransom demand three years later. Ali is injured when thrown into a wall by a villain. Will she be back?
    • 4/5
      Very interesting. Story begins with Inspector Ruiz being fished out of the Thames with a bullet hole in his leg, a photograph of a little girl and amnesia. The mystery revolves around a 3 yr old case of a kidnapped child who is believed to be dead. The kidnappers come back for more ransom and it reopens the case.
    • 5/5
      On a cold London night, homicide detective Vincent Ruiz is fished out of the Thames with a bullet in his leg and no memory of the circumstances surrounding the shooting. In his pocket is a photograph of Mickey Carlyle, a seven-year-old girl kidnapped three years before and presumed dead. It’s anybody’s guess what Ruiz was up to—especially when a blood-spattered boat discovered nearby makes it clear that Ruiz was not the sole casualty. But with Mickey’s killer convicted and behind bars, no one wants the case reopened. Ruiz’s only hope of unraveling the puzzle is to retrace his steps and re-create the night of the shooting. Under investigation by his colleagues and accused of faking amnesia, Ruiz turns to Joe O'Loughlin, hoping that the psychologist can help unlock his memory. Step by step, the pieces come together, revealing a twisted trail of grief, vengeance, and the search for redemption.A riveting thriller, Lost combines a fast-paced plot with searing insights into human psychology.
    • 3/5
      I was a little disappointed in this book. I really enjoyed the first book in the series and was looking forward to reading more about Joseph O'Loughlin. I was surprised to find out that this book revolves around Detective Inspector Ruiz instead of Joseph O'Loughlin. I still had hard feelings towards Detective Inspector Ruiz from the way he treated Joe in the last book. So then it was hard for me to connect with him and feel sorry for him in the beginning. The plot was interesting and did have some great twists and turns. I do feel as though this one was similar to the first book in the way the main character is searching for the truth and certain people around them don't believe in them and actually suspect them of crimes. I'm hoping the next book strays off that familiar path. Overall it was a good read and I would recommend it to those who liked the first book. I am looking forward to reading more of this series.