In this one Mandy and Martin park Liam with Uncle Vern while they go to Sydney to work on a case involving the disappearance 5 years earlier of a man Mandy was engaged to - Tarquin Molloy. Ostensibly a lawyer helping out at a merchant bank, he was in fact, an undercover cop looking for dirt on the bank. Everyone, including Mandy, believed he was simply a thief who’d stolen $10 million and skipped the country. When his body is discovered by engineers cemented into a cracking, sub-standard apartment block, opinions are revised. What follows is a wild ride involving a secret group of influential people, a Chicago mobster, a couple of psychopathic crims, various police (possibly trustworthy, possibly not), journalists looking for scoops, a young computer geek and Martin’s old ASIO contact, among others.
As the death count rises and malware proliferates, Mandy and Martin are reviewing who they are as individuals and as a couple. Issues of trust are big. When the inevitable finally hits the fan, Martin’s new publisher throws everything online as the writs start flying and many well known people go ducking for cover. The idea is to get the genie right out of the bottle so it can’t be stuffed back in. Even the FBI comes running as the story goes viral in the US. This is the first novel I’ve read that mentions COVID, which for the purposes of the novel is having only a lingering economic effect. While the bigness of the plot may strain credulity somewhat, stranger things have happened (as evidenced by the Royal Commission into Banking), it’s certainly action-packed: psychologically as well as physically. Note to publishers: a character is misnamed at one point.

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Listening Length | 12 hours and 35 minutes |
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Author | Chris Hammer |
Narrator | Dorje Swallow |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com.au Release Date | 13 October 2020 |
Publisher | Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B08K3LDG1N |
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I often buy the Kindle version of a book with the Audible upgrade. Nearly always I'm happy to listen to the book at the normal pace but every now and then I come across a book like this one and I'm drawn so far in that I have to revert back to reading the words. I was enjoying the book until I reached chapter 39. Then thankfully with my working part of the day out of the way, I could put her world aside as concentrate on the story until the end. Nothing was getting done until I reached the end of the book. I was not disappointed. I only hope there is another (at least) Martin & Mandy story to tell. I hope you win loads of awards with this one Chris Hammer. I've loved the previous two and this one is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ as well.
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It took a while for the story to get me hooked. It happened half way through and it had me engaged from then on. I enjoyed the ride.
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Reviewed in Australia on 9 November 2020
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Another good story from Chris Hammer. He now needs to move on from the same characters.
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Cohesive and enjoyable crime thriller. I wouldn't rave about it but it was entertaining. Characters felt a bit light but still believable.
Reviewed in Australia on 28 October 2020
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The third story of Martin and Mandalay. Lots of twists and turns and a very engaging read. Corruption and crime brought to life in Sydney. I still find Scrublands to be the best in the series.
It did maintain my interest in the two protagonists.
It did maintain my interest in the two protagonists.
Reviewed in Australia on 28 November 2020
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I really enjoyed all three books by Chris Hammer I do hope he keeps writing! His characters are not perfect but very believable. The situations are cliff hanging! I love the drama. I really enjoy the settings his discription is excellent.
Reviewed in Australia on 19 October 2020
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In his third Martin Scarsden, Hammer has produced a fantastically complicated conspiracy novel that keeps you page turning to the end.
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Trust Chris Hammer to write a good book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2020Verified Purchase
I chose this book, as I wanted to read a story from Australia. We can't get there atm to see our daughter and our grandchild. I felt this gave me a link. I have read Scrublands and Silver and felt as though I knew the places, Trust was the same.
I like the characters ,who,, while they have lived full lives and have things happen to them , they remain decent and have integrity. They learn things about themselves and change and grow. They have developed so much over the three books and I can't wait to read about them again. The book was finished too quickly.
I like the characters ,who,, while they have lived full lives and have things happen to them , they remain decent and have integrity. They learn things about themselves and change and grow. They have developed so much over the three books and I can't wait to read about them again. The book was finished too quickly.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2021Verified Purchase
I thought “Scrublands” and “Silver” were great reads, the praise for them well-deserved. Sadly, “Trust” is not in the same category. The characters - several of whom feature in the first two books - are, curiously, less convincing third time round. The plot is over-complex and, frankly, not very interesting. (When the name of an ASIO officer suddenly crops up instead of a policeman in one scene, I wondered whether the author was not losing interest.) And I’m always suspicious of books which devote many pages at the end to explaining what is supposed to have happened. The author intended to write a trilogy; that is clear. A pity; he should have left readers with the great memories of only the first two volumes. The third volume is a plodding piece of work, not really worth reading - and secondly not worth remembering other than as an example of how not to write a thriller.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 November 2020Verified Purchase
Unbelievably, almost comically bad. One of the silliest books I’ve ever come across: witless, tedious and meaningless. So stupid I can’t be bothered listing off all the inane stupidities in what I suppose I have to call the plot, for want of a more apt word. Appalling drivel.
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Chris Hammer is worth reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2020Verified Purchase
Good but not as good as the previous two, as I felt it ended rather abruptly.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2020Verified Purchase
A thrilling tale which opens the door to Mandy’s past & ultimately leads to a dramatic finale with plenty of twists along the way
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