Mike Ford: The 500 : A Novel (Series #1) (Paperback)

from LNDuff

The 500 is a fun read. Matthew Quirk takes us into a world of intrigue, with a plot and setting which has obvious echoes of Grisham's The Firm, but enough originality and detail to keep his reader turning pages. The plot gets a little thin in places, but not to the point of breaking down. Charact...

from KevinJoseph

The 500, a first novel by a Harvard graduate and former reporter for The Atlantic, succeeds as a zippy beach read. Other reviewers have compared it repeatedly to The Firm, and I too find the parallels so strong that it mars the story's originality, making it feel like a hipper, amped up variation...

from DBower

The 500 is a fun read although it was a bit hard to follow at times. Mike Ford beat the odds and is hired by a Washington lobbying firm. The firm has incredible influence in Washington and promises Mike the world yet what are the costs? I agree with other reviewers that the plot is a bit like Gri...

from LannyH

This is a very, very good book. You'll care for the characters, trail the twists of plot with interest, and consider carefully what you've just read as you finish. Mostly, they will be thoughts of how the well-known great and the seldom-seen greater are most often pusillanimous, peremptory, and u...

from amyblue

This is one of the best thrillers I have ever read! It will especially appeal to those who, like me, enjoy the details of the criminal life such as Thomas Perry incorporates into his books. The narrator's voice is unique and entertaining and the plot is appropriately complicated, but not too much...