Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to Books from the Backlog, the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books. This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile. I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon.
This Week's Neglected Book:
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton
Published: July 2, 1994 (originally May 12, 1975)
Genre: Historical thriller
My Copy:
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 304
Where I Acquired It: A yard sale
Summary (From Goodreads):
In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic caper novel set a decade before the age of dynamite--yet nonetheless explosive....
It's been a while since I've read anything from Crichton, but this sounds right up my alley.
Have you read this or would you read it? Would you recommend it to me? As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!
I didn't known Crichton wrote this book!
ReplyDeleteIt was totally new to me when I picked it up!
DeleteThe only Michael Crichton book I know is Jurassic Park which I haven't read that either! I hope you enjoy this if/when you get to it!
ReplyDeleteMy fingers are crossed for it!
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