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Title	:	Risk
Author	:	Colin Harrison
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	September 29th 2009 by Picador USA (first published 2009)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller

Risk

Colin Harrison

Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

Rating: 3.52 | 337 Users | 65 Reviews

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An honest lawyer, a Czech hand model, and a box of mysterious Christmas ornaments, each play their part in Harrison's intricate mystery

George Young never thought of himself as a detective, but that's pretty much his vocation--an attorney for a top insurance firm, it’s his job to pin down suspicious claims. But Mrs. Corbett, the rich, eccentric wife of the firm's founder, has it in mind to put George’s skills to a peculiar assignment. With only a few months to live, her one desire is to know the true circumstance of her son Roger's violent death. George's investigation leads him to Roger's mistress, a cagy Czech hand model named Eliska, whose motives for latching on to Mrs. Corbett's son may have gotten him killed. Set against a brilliantly-drawn Manhattan, at once volatile and vivid, Risk is prime Colin Harrison.

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ISBN:	0312428936 (ISBN13: 9780312428938)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	George Young, Mrs. Corbett
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States)

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This is a fine novella by a talented writer. It is simple but well constructed and can be read in a few hours. I stretched it out over several days simply for lack of time. The narrator, George Young, is fulfilling the dying wish of the widow of his former employer. In the process, he reveals himself to the reader and meets some very interesting characters. Nothing new here but very well written and the plot is believable. Highly recommended for those who prefer an intelligent thriller to the

I know this is tacky but I'm trying to add to my list without writing my own reviews. I need this info for my own memory jogging. You gotta love an insurance adjuster as hero. From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com Reviewed by by Patrick Anderson Colin Harrison writes sophisticated novels set in New York. They earn excellent reviews but aren't as well known as they should be. Typically in Harrison's novels, a man who operates at the city's more rarefied levels makes a mistake

What is is it Colin Harrison? I read The Finder and The Havana Room, two complex, rich and taut stories in vividly painted worlds. On that strength, I read Bodies Electric, a miserable slog that shattered all the good will that lead me to it. I said then that it'd be a while until I tried Harrison again. This one is somewhere in the middle despite my star rating matching Bodies Electric. This is actually a novella, which I didn't realize and is probably the excuse for so little happening. The

George Young, a middle-level attorney for a law firm that services one clienta large insurance companyis asked to investigate the death of his mentor's son. The son, a failed hedge fund plunger, walked into the path of a truck while preoccupied with something. The cause of death being obvious, George is asked to find out what the somet hing was. Early in the investigation, George's wife cautions him to not upset their comfortabe life by engaging in a quixotic chase into the ruins of a

I'm a Colin Harrison fan. I thought that his novel Afterburn, was one of the best, cheesiest, over the top books that I have ever read. The ending of that novel was a masterpiece. I've read a few books in the past 40 plus years. I can't say that I recommend his writing, because it's not for everyone. But when I think about it, I'm not a big fan of the everyman (everyperson?) anyway. Let the sheep eat their grass - I'll munch on strange plants and bitter herbs, thank you very much.

Colin Harrison writes "literary thrillers", and his best books rank high in both dimensions, literary quality and the punch we expect from a good crime novel. He's the New York writer I recommend when people start talking about New York writers. His books always show you something interesting about the Big Apple. A lawyer at a firm which specializes in investigating fraudulent claims for a big insurer is tasked by the widow of the firm's founder with discovering what drove her son to such

Colin Harrison is one of those writers that I _want_ to like, and can always see what he was trying to do... but maybe that's the problem. I'm down with the regrets, ennui, and petty compromises of early middle age; but a TINY bit less exposition about them might have been all to the good. And I like how the thriller elements drive the action forward, but somehow the McGuffin doesn't end up supporting the themes of the rest of the story. And although the characters are vividly sketched in their