

The Lasko Tangent
Author: Richard North Patterson
Narrator: Ken Howard
Abridged: 2 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 07/04/2000
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Richard North Patterson
Narrator: Ken Howard
Abridged: 2 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 07/04/2000
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Richard North Patterson’s eleven novels include seven consecutive international bestsellers; critics compared his most recent novel, Protect and Defend, to such novels as Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent and Gore Vidal’s Lincoln. Formerly a trial lawyer, Mr. Patterson served as the SEC’s liaison to the Watergate Special Prosecutor, and is now on the boards of several Washington-based advocacy groups dealing with gun violence, political reform, and reproductive rights. He lives with his wife, Laurie, and their family on Martha’s Vineyard.
I read this book many years ago, when it was first published. I decided to re-read it and see if I still liked this author. I started with The Lasko Tangent because it's the first, chronologically, in the Christopher Paget series. I found it as interesting, absorbing and well-written as I remember fi......more
I'd call the first half OK. The latter part of the second half really gets interesting -- the kind of "I don't want to put it down" interesting -- but then abruptly, the story is done. It's not the way I expected it to end, so that was a bit disappointing. I do realize that Patterson's later books w......more
Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Have read almost all of Richard North Patterson's books and have enjoyed them all. I think this was his 1st book or at least one of his early books.....1979. I recognized the main character from several other books. Quick...easy....enjoyable read.......more
Incredible debut novel that had me turning pages all the way through. Patterson created a detective that was my kind of cynical as well as being very intelligent. I really enjoyed following him through the novel.......more
The Lasko Tangent Christopher Paget #1 Richard North Patterson This is the start of the journey through Richard N. Patterson Bibliography; a great start so far; I enjoyed the case, the twist, the turns, the reveal, and the final scene was masterfully imagined; Though I felt it got rushed through the end......more
Patterson is a natural storyteller who never breaks the thread of action.—Newgate Callendar, New York Times Book Review
The intelligent reader’s John Grisham.—Chicago Sun-Times
A real writer, a thriller, and a good story.—Boston Globe
One of the best in the business.—Time
This generation's best writer of legal thrillers.—Entertainment Weekly
A terrific novelist.—Washington Post