Amazon.com.au:Customer reviews: Riptide

I am a major fan of the duo novelist team of Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston who join forces as Lincoln Preston. Ever since the Relic, where their characterisation and inventiveness on a storyline made an amazingly gripping read, I have been hooked. When I started the first chapter of Riptide, it held the same effect and I once again was hooked.
The basic story line follows 'the water pit', a complex construction supposedly housing an infamous hoard of pirated treasure from centuries ago. For two hundred years many people have tried to reveal its secrets and treasure at the bottom of the pit, and all have ended in bankruptcy, tragedy or death. The island's owner Malin Hatch and an ambitious General are the latest treasure hunters with the technology and finance to try and make the expedition a success. Malin has his own reasons for expediting the dig - his brother was killed in the water pit some 30 years prior. But is that his only reason for returning? As the dig gets underway and accidents happen - questions arise as to whether there is any truth to the supposed curse on the treasure. As they get deeper and deeper, the mystery of ragged island and the water pit unfolds and personalities begin to change, finishing with an explosive climax.
The book is loosely based on the legendry oak island treasure and the money pit, of which I had heard of and read about previously. Being a famous unsolved mystery of the world, the background was a subject instantly appealing. The story has understandably changed names - Oak island becomes Ragged island, Money pit becomes Water pit, but the essence and a lot of details I recall are the same or similar. Knowing that the foundation of the story is based on truth and as to date the money pit / water pit mystery is still unsolved, makes the read so much more intriguing to the extent of wondering, 'could it be true?' and a heightened feeling of 'what happens next'.
The term 'unputdownable' seems to get thrown around a lot in book descriptions - however I can only describe this read as unputdownable. I took it to work - read it in lunch hour, I read late into the night, when I woke up, over breakfast - I was gripped by the tale especially the on-island dig parts of the adventure. Whenever the action went to the mainland - I was urging for it to return. Would thoroughly recommend to anyone eager for a great read - especially those fans of Lincoln Preston - this is another hard hitting adventure with a great character mix from this genius pair. <goes to find next Lincoln Preston novel>

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Philip Spick

Good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2018

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Not sure why but I usually thoroughly enjoy the author but this one didn't seem to have quite the same hold. A good read yes but not the quality they have produced before and since. I always look out for the authors and will buy again but hope they keep up the high standard which, for me, this one slipped a bit.

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Not agent pendergast

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2020

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Slow to get into but an excellent read. Misleading, no agent pendergast in this book. Bought for that fact, disappointed. But at the end of the day a good read nonetheless.

Christine C.

Although the characterization isn't as fluent, perhaps, as ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2015

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Although the characterization isn't as fluent, perhaps, as their more recent books, this has all their other hallmarks: a marvellous plot, a rich setting, and suspense to spare. It's definitely worth reading in its own right as well as to appreciate their developing craft.

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mr anonymous

Will keep you occupied for a few days

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2009

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The book is a fine adventure yarn, and will keep you happily occupied over a few days. The story, clearly based on the mystery of Oak Island involves an attempt at excavating a pit, full of traps, containing pirate treasure. Not their best book, but quite readable.

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Janice Murphy

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2017

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Loved this book great story well written

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