Mannheim Rex

Name: Mannheim Rex
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Pobi
ISBN: 9781455842179

Author: Robert Pobi

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 15 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 11/20/2012

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Recently widowered and grieving, Gavin flees New York City for the quiet of the country. His new home on Lake Caldasac has surprisingly few visitors, and the author soon learns why: a suspiciously high number of people have gone missing in the small town. The deaths have all been ruled accidents, but Finn Horn, a handicapped boy obsessed with fishing, knows the truth. There’s a monster in the lake. And it wants to feed.Thirteen-year-old Finn, who is dying of cancer, has only one last wish: to go down in the record books for catching a real-life monster. Battling demons of his own, Gavin joins Finn on his perilous quest to slay the nightmarish leviathan.An homage to the blockbuster Jaws and the classic American novel Moby-Dick, Mannheim Rex is a deep dark thriller that switches seamlessly between heartwarming friendship and heart-stopping action.

About Robert Pobi

Robert Pobi is a former antiques dealer and an avid fisherman. Originally from Montreal, he now splits his time between a cabin in the mountains and the Florida Keys. Author of the international bestselling psychological thriller Bloodman, Pobi writes every day at a desk that once belonged to the enigmatic Italian banker Roberto Calvi.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristin on February 20, 2013

You may also read my review here: [URL not allowed] After the death of his wife, Chelsea, horror novelist Gavin Corlie is near suicide when he decides to move from his New York apartment to New Mannheim, 5 hours upstate. The house is gorgeous, with three chimneys and a window t......more

Goodreads review by Maria on January 23, 2024

A gothic Jaws! Who knew it could be done? This book at 500 pages does not disappoint, starts slow but like in any Pobi book it doesn’t take long before the reader will start devouring pages until the wee hours of the morning to know what is going to finally happen. This is a beautiful yet twisted ta......more

Goodreads review by Jamie (Books and Ladders) on July 18, 2016

Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review. I was nervous going into this one because my defining personality trait is "jumpy" and I was, well, scared. But this one wasn't nearly as scary as I anticipated and I am glad it had a good monster scary and also a good peop......more

Goodreads review by Becky on November 03, 2014

Horror author Gavin Corlie is spiraling out of control. The recent death of his wife has left him reeling and ending it all is frequently on his mind. He decides his only option is a complete change of scenery -- getting away from the places and spaces he once shared with her. He finds the perfect f......more

Goodreads review by John on July 21, 2013

(3.7) Trying to avoid comparisons w/King when the novel is populated by quirky freaks and the main character is a famous horror writer is tough, but Mannheim's a compulsively good read that stands on its own and does the King genre proud. The endings a bit anti-climatic and there are a few spots whe......more