Richard Armitage (2) (1971–)

Scary in a couple of ways - the overt thriller and what Daniel is hiding about his real motive for wanting to go to the Shiller thing. And also dementia & Alzheimers. Having been through it somewhat with my FIL, I DREAD doing it again with my parents or with me and/or my husband. It's awful on so many levels.

Now with more facts revealed like D's affair with H, things are amping up. How much of S's increasing symptoms are real and how much are induced by him and/or Helen? S's initial diagnosis could also be a fake, something that D can use to not only get her to endorse NeuroCell, but to gain power over her entire life if he can get her declared incompetent. Starting with the pilfered passport, he could easily do this because she's had a few public incidents of memory lapses, lost time and headaches/vomiting. Follow the money. and it's a more amped version of Gaslight, which I recently watched for the first time. This plot is more complex and involves other players who could be in on it or mere pawns.

Speaking of pawns, D can't really believe that Helen is genuine, that she really loves him, can he? He resents S for her brains, success and notoriety, but then he hooks up with someone genuinely ego-maniacal. Really? What a moron.… (more)

Nobel prize winning scientist Sarah Collier has just been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Her husband is keen that she endorses a new medical discovery with lots of potential so she comes to Geneva for the launch. However not is all that it seems and Sarah is caught up in events that she cannot foresee and cannot control.
There is a lot to like about this book. The premise is solid with a futuristic science aspect and the key elements for a decent thriller are there, betrayal, trust, money, foreign powers etc. I just found it a little too predictable and clunky at times.… (more)

Actor Richard Armitage’s debut novel, a thriller. Originally commissioned as an audio book, he reads a lot of books for Audible, which was subsequently translated to the page.

How original it is I can’t say as I don’t actually read a lot of thrillers, but it kept me turning the page. Recent Nobel winner Sarah has been invited to be the face of a new scientific discovery, but is all what it seems? The concept is current, but I think it missed out on spending some time exploring the moral questions, there was an opportunity but it was missed.

I often find that actors make pretty good storytellers, they can be good on place and character. Armitage does a pretty good job, and the second novel is underway.… (more)