Green recounts his story of growing up knowing he was adopted. It's a touching story with emotional themes and a lot of fun football anecdotes. An interesting read for anyone involved with a domestic adoption. It's not as applicable to international adoption.

I, too, am adopted, so I read this book with great interest. Green's story is similar to mine so I was very engrossed in finding out what happened in his search. I welled-up with tears in many sections of the book reliving my thoughts, reunions and fears. Very personal story, but very personably written. A must for all who are adopted! You will understand, and have compassion for, many of Green's emotions.

I was given this book by my adoptive parents on my 30th Birthday. I figured I would give it a once over since it was a gift and I wanted to show iterest. I could not put it down once I picked it up. I have a similar story having found both of my biological parents at the same age as Mr. Green did. I was blessed, like Mr. Green, to have had a positive outcome to my search. I found the book well written and honest. I could identify with many of the thoughts, emotions, and experiences Mr. Green described. I also enjoyed it because it was from an adopted male's point of view. It is a great read even if you are not an adopted child or parent of one.

It's a nice little book, that's it. It has some poems about Tolkien and his world with no rhymes (mostly) and some quotes. Some older people or some professors :) might like it, but not me. The only reason I gave it three stars is because it had two funny poems in there.

An essay of Auden's does appear in the book. It is in fact, a hodgepodge of Tolkien related material, mostly essays (including a short biography) but also stories set in Middle Earth, songs, poems, word games, and even recipies written by other authors. It is an interseting look at Tolkien fandom. I found the black & white interior illustrations simply breathtaking the first time I saw this book. For me, it is the most important Tolkien related book not actually written by him, and the one that is most worth having. I found it at a library over ten years ago, and recently gave up hope of ever seeing it again, but here it is.

A slim (less than 1/2") paperback that contains useful phrases that represent a modern understanding of French. Well organized in sections that make it an easy reference book. This book is not for the beginner. One must already understand French pronounciation and have a baseline comprehension of nouns and verbs.

The only thing that would make this book easier for a broader audience would be the addition of an audio cassette for proper pronounciation of the phrases.

The Tolkien Scrapbook contains reviews and scholarly articles on Tolkien and his works, as well as original illustrations and fan fiction. It's great for the dedicated Tolien fan, but not for everyone. I might also add that fans of the Brothers Hildebrandt and/or Terry Brooks may be a little offended by some articles.

the guilty. Sounds like the rest of the reviewers come from a literary background, not from sports. Otherwise they would recognize this story as coming straight from the headlines of a national sports disgrace.

This is a fictionalized account of the death of the owner of the Los Angeles Rams, who many people feel was murdered by his much younger Las Vegas showgirl wife. Georgia Frontiere, present owner of the St. Louis Rams, met Carroll Rosenbloom, then owner of the Baltimore Colts, while at the home of Joseph Kennedy. Yes, the same Kennedy who fathered John F., Bobby, and Ted Kennedy.

Eventually she made Carroll, some 20+ years her senior, her 6th husband. Segue a few years, and many more notorious tales. Rosenbloom swaps ownership with the then owner of the LA Rams. Carroll and Georgia move to California. Then in 1979, Carroll Rosenbloom mysteriously drowns while swimming in the ocean. A death that has been the subject of many probes, including one done by PBS' Frontline in 1983.

Green's big problem in trying to write his story is having too much information to draw upon from real life. Perhaps this is why The Red Zone is not up to Green's normal standards.

Some reviewers thought there were too many contrivances. I offer news headlines that are even more bizarre. For example, a missing Super Bowl Trophy that the NFL had to replace (Many people reported seeing that same trophy in Rosenbloom's Bel-Air mansion).

Does that seem too contrived? Well, remember the way Carroll Rosenbloom died, a mysterious drowning? There were several witnesses who reported seeing one or more people come out of the water wearing wet-suits. Or, how about the 10,000 1980 Super Bowl tickets that came up missing, and husband #7 doing time for ticket counterfeiting income tax evasion. Or better yet, what was the involvement between the Los Angeles Rams, $20 million dollars in counterfeit money, a professional wrestler/hitman and organized crime.

To those who were football fans during the 60's and 70's it is easy to recognize this storyline. I could bore you with more, however a simple search on the Internet will substantiate this, and much more. (What ex-football player, now actor, was giving Georgia a "massage", causing her to be more than an hour late to her just deceased husbands memorial service.)

They say life imitates art, and art imitates life. However, life is much more interesting than art. Bottom line, if you like interesting fiction, this is OK. However if you want an even more fascinating story, check out the real story behind this story.

My brother's been raving about Tim Green for ages, so I picked this up. Green obviously has good insights on the NFL scene, but I found his characters too perfect and predictable (really, Tim, do you have to mention that Madison is beautiful in every other paragraph?), although the ending was decent. I've been told his earlier books are better, so I may read those. This one is okay, nothing more.

I picked up this book prior to a cross-country flight. I couldn't put it down and finished it in the hotel, the same day. While neither the plot nor the characters are believable (one wonders where Green comes up with the names), the book is entertaining, if nothing else. He keeps you guessing, but his over-reliance on foreshadowing can get annoying, as can his often unorthodox use of figurative language. I recommend it to anyone who wants an easy "Grisham-esque" read for pure fun, or to any die-hard football fans.

Nothing compelling here. Just a prison. I have never been to
or in a prison so can not comment there. But the story is lacking and the characters are dull. The broad is flat out stupid. The
main character doesn't even belong there, so it's just ridiculous. Who wants to read about violence anyway. All violent
criminals should be put to death, in my opinion. And the fact that the author is a "young British psychiatrist who has never been
to Texas, or to a prison" .blows any credibility. And Booklist describing this book as "part Stephen King horror novel" is
totally irresponsible. What an insult to the great man of horror Mr. Stephen King (1974-1999)

Sure as a debut it may be good. I had read this book upon a zealeous advice from one of my work pals, describing the author and book a "new Stephen King in the sense of riveting writing and character development" as well as "future bestsellerdom-king". So I grapped it excitedly...started...but disappointed. The story is interesting; but the language is extremely foul (may be necessary to create a compelling sense of location in prison you know) but even then it was very extreme and not offending but simply boring and taking you out of the story. Not riveting also as well as a King book (I am a huge fan of King and I know well when he becomes riveting) so this guy falls short of catching up with King. Character development?No. A woman foolishly wandering around and in prison where even men survive just to remain alive, or having foolish sex with one of inmates just because of a pity on him while monsters are pounding on the door; a man with a bleak past, ie, a philosopher doctor, a cool one, almost too coool you cannot help but wonder why he is in such a pit of hell... full of blacks and whites against each other bla bla bla. No I did not like, it did not captured me and the author will be bestseller-king like our beloved King? No way...He is too philosophic (but not a deep one)and has too much sexual (prison) fantasy. I gave it three stars just thinking that if perhaps I should not have started it with huge hopes, it might have been a nice pass-time reading

I think it's stupid to put Stephen King and Tim Willocks on the same level. Green River Rising is a thriller. It reminds more of an actionmovie. Stephen King on the other side writes horror. Green River Rising doesn't have any mysterious elements, and has much more action then King books. Kings books are very detailed, and GRG on the other sides has a pretty quick developing story without pagelong descreptions of for example rooms. To me GRG was like a good actionmovie. I read the german translation, and I thought that the bad language and all the violence fit in the atmosphere of the book. The books lives off his sick crazy characters. And I think that it's really interesting to read chapters out of views of mentally ill people. If you like movies like "Face off", but you like deeper stories and complexer characters you should read this book. It's one of my all time favorites. And people that complain about the dirty language and the violence should not even write a review about this. It's about a prison with mentally ill people. So what do you think what they are doing, maybe playing with puppets and drink tea?

This book was boring! I will not be buying anything else this author has to offer. Save your money or buy it in paperback.

With New York Times bestseller "The Dark Side Of The Game" and a six pack of thrillers to his credit, author cum pro footballer Tim Green has shown that he well knows his way around crafting an exciting tale.

According to Green it's his hope that readers will temporarily suspend their belief that all killing is wrong as they read "The Fifth Angel." "What if murder was the right thing to do?" he asks. "Or at least, what if it wasn't wrong?"

A widely admired, successful New York attorney, Jack Ruskin, is shaken to the core when his 15-year-old daughter is the victim of a brutal sexual assault perpetrated by a sick psychopath. Ruskin is further devastated when, due to a minor legal maneuver, her assailant receives minimum punishment. His daughter will never fully recover from the assault, and her attacker is a repeat sexual offender.

Although Ruskin respects the law and has fought to uphold it this vicious crime so enrages him that he becomes an avenger. He systematically pursues and kills sex offenders while he is supposedly away for company business. There is a love interest for him - Beth, who works for his daughter's hospital. Yet this does not deter him from his self-assigned killing spree.

The FBI enters the picture when the number of deaths increases and a pattern emerges. Amanda Lee is dispatched to find Ruskin.

Author Green, a practicing attorney himself, brings an insider's knowledge of the justice system to this tale of right and wrong.

- Gail Cooke

Jack Ruskin is an incredibly successful attorney and devoted father. After his daughter is kidnapped and sexually molested, his intellect becomes the tool of tracking known perverts and eliminating them from society. As he hunts and kills perverts, he ends up being hunted by both Amanda Lee and David McGrew in a thrilling battle of wits and deduction.

In an enthralling tale that reflects today's headlines regarding missing children, author Tim Green has written a book sure to engage the interest of many readers. Here is a well-plotted story with many twists and turns sure to please readers of thrillers.

The moral issue of killing is brought sharply into focus and certainly warrants a thoughtful response by the reader to such a question and premise.

This story is loaded with attention-grabbing detail and locales that reverberate with authenticity and, ultimately, an ending that is pleasing in the completion of many of the complexities of the story. There are descriptions in this novel that are brutally graphic, but appropriate to the story being told.

The Fifth Angel is not a read for the faint-hearted, but worthy of being read by anyone for the solid foundation on which the story is based and told.

Here's a fast-paced and enthralling thriller that dices with the age-old issue of killing. The Fifth Angel is an enjoyable read for the stout-hearted. But, there is graphic violence in this story. It is a story, as modern as today, which should interest any reader that likes thrillers.

I admit it. I love legal thrillers. Even if it's poorly written, I still love them. And fortunately, this one is well-written and it grabs you by the throat and won't let go till the last page has turned.

Casey is a star defense attorney who takes pride in being number one, till a sordid murder trial made her take stock of her life and where she was going with that life. Casey was asked by her old professor, Dr. Lipton, to represent him in this horrorific murder trial and he claimed that he was innocent of this woman's murder. Casey won the case for him ... only to have the serial-like murders continue to happen. And the adventure has just begun.

It is a quick read ~~ I finished it in one day. It's also a page-turning read as well. If you're looking for a good book to read on that long airplane flight, I'd recommend this one. Green will keep you guessing throughout the book ... and you better make sure that you didn't miss your connecting flight ... it's that good that you can't just put it down.

6-7-02

Casey Jordan is the best defense lawyer in Texas and is looking to stretch that claim to best defense attorney nationwide. To that end she likes big, headline making, provocative cases, those with the biggest clients and the biggest risks. When Eric Lipton, nationally known criminal law professor, is accused of brutally murdering a former student, he hires Casey to defend him and she's thrilled. Though a tough case, Lipton was arrested leaving the country with the victim's bloody underwear in his luggage, it's just the kind of headline grabbing, career advancing trial she likes. And Casey does an admirable job, tearing apart defense witnesses and even laying suspicion on the victim's father. Just before the jury foreman reads the not guilty verdict, Lipton leans over and whispers into Casey's ear..."I really killed her". Now as other bodies begin to pile up, Casey is caught in a real bind, her duty to her client as an attorney and her need to see justice done. Tim Green has written a fast paced, page turner with well developed, interesting characters, powerful, riveting scenes and enough twists and turns to keep you off balance and guessing to the very end of the book. As a practicing attorney, his knowledge of the ins and outs of our criminal justice system, lend real credibility to the story. The Letter of the Law has it all, great characters, an action packed tight plot and a very satisfying ending with a few surprises thrown in.

Tim Green is a pretty amazing guy. He starting writing thrillers while still an active player in the NFL. Somewhere along the line he picked up a law degree, passed the bar on the first try, and established a business law practice. He now comments on football in USA Today and on NPR as well as announcing games for FOX (which he says is "like methadone for a heroin addict.") He also has four small children.

Somehow, in the middle of all of this he writes books. This is his first book without a hint of football and it worked pretty well for me. This is your basic vacation reading sort of a book. It has a well paced plot, is written competently and the chapters leave you wanting to read more. Green is a bit heavy handed with the forshadowing. Likewise, the is it Sales or Lipton ping-pong is overdone. (Makes you wonder how good a writer Green would be if he actually wrote full-time.)

The characters vary in quality. Most interesting for me were Sales, the murder victim's father and Bolinger, the Austin, Texas cop. Casey Jordan, the lawyer turned slueth, is harder to warm up to. As for Lipton, the law professor, he is right up there with Hannibal Lector.

Bottom-line: Not likely to win any awards but a good choice for those who like legal thrillers for their entertainment reading. It is a bit gorey for those with squeamish stomachs.

New York attorney & former football player Tim Green has written another top-notch thriller. The Fourth Perimeter has a different style & theme from the author's previous football themed works like Outlaws & Redzone that featured the spunky attorney Madison McCall. After delivering his best legal thriller to date, in the marvelous The Letter of the Law, Green does a volte-face & delivers a thriller that does not have an ounce of legalese in it - affirming the age-old maxim, "you never ever can predict a lawyer."

Kurt Ford, a former Secret Service agent & CEO of a successful computer software company, is planning on remarrying. On the day he proposes to his fiancée, Ford receives news that his one & only son Collin, has committed suicide.

Collin, also a Secret Service agent, was assigned the task of protecting the President of the United States. Ford is devastated, until a close friend & former colleague, David Claiborne, a top official in the Presidential Protection Division, informs him that Ford's son had witness a something secret involving the President, & Collin's death was really a brutal & well planned murder.

Revenge boils in Ford, & he takes on the almost impossible task of assassinating the President. He has one thing to his advantage, as a former agent he is privy to how the system works & he knows the loopholes to break the fourth perimeter - the innermost circle in the four rings of protection surrounding a President. What follows is an exciting, page-turning journey of Ford's quest for revenge, culminating in a nail-biting, yet expected finish.

The Fourth Perimeter is a light read. As a whodunit, it falls short, however as a whydunit it is excellent. The work combines the better elements of Jeffrey Archer's The Eleventh Commandment & David Baldacci's Absolute Power.

As in the author's previous works, the narration is taut & action packed & there is never a dull moment, however, when compared to his superb The Letter of the Law, this Green novel is a trifle disappointing, as readers have come to expect much more from this author.

In the end I must say that The Fourth Perimeter is a light & easy read & for an enjoyable evening, it is recommended.

I grabbed this book at an airport when I'd run out of reading material. In a sea of thrillers I grabbed this one because the premise was interesting. It's the first novel I've read by Tim Green.

I'd say the author has good ideas and he tries to add depth to his characters, but his writing style is not very good. I admit I like Jane Austen, so my demands are high, but his prose is often bland and occasionally clunky. For example: "With a razor, he slashed them open one by one to reveal an ensemble of underwater equipment, all of which was midnight blue and smelling of fresh paint. He had known exactly what he needed and ordered everything over the Internet in a matter of a few hours. Even though he could have any number of people who worked for him around the house unpack the gear, Kurt had given every one of them including Clara the day off." Clunk.

I'm notoriously bad at figuring out mysteries and thrillers, but I got this one right away. There weren't many surprises, though there were good ideas. My impression is that this would be a great second draft, but it is not a novel yet. Maybe Green needs a different editor.

It's the first novel I've read by Tim Green. I don't feel a great urge to read another, though other reviewers suggest his other books are better, and I might pick up one based on the author's interest in his characters and his ideas, but I'd rank this effort as only average.

Being a diehard West Virginia football fan, I'm tailored to not be too fond of the Syracuse Orangemen, but Tim Green is OK in my book! (Green was a former Orangemen football player) Some seem to see Kurt Ford as predictable and one-dimensional in this book, but I see those traits as DETERMINED and FOCUSED and I'm sure you will too while reading. I read this book in less than two days and I was enthralled by it. It is a true page turner and has movie written all over it (Jerry Bruckheimer stay away...we don't need explosions). All along you think you have it all figured out until Green throws a monkey wrench into it and it just makes you want to keep reading. First class job by Mr. Green!

Since I am always on the lookout for good sports based novels, I picked up a copy of Tim Green's Double Reverse off the bargain rack at my local bookstore. I still paid too much. These characters are so one dimensional, it is hard to take them seriously. The Christian athletes are way over the top and have no substance. The Allan Iverson football clone is so evil that you get sick of listening to his word laden dialogue the first time he opens his mouth. Unfortunately, he talks throughout the book.

The racial stereotypes here are enough by themselves to make this a book to walk away from. The African American characters are evil and the Christian characters are freaks. I am not impressed by the callous use of these stereotypes simply to push along the plot.

God, race & football

Tim Green is something of a renaissance man. A former Atlanta Falcon, he's now a New York lawyer, a commentator on NPR, an analyst for Fox football telecasts and the author of four novels. Such a pedigree makes us expect a lot from Green. He delivers with "Double Reverse" - if you're seeking guilty pleasures. Trane Jones is the vilest of pro athletes. He's egocentric, beating women sexually arouses him, and he has a rap sheet that rivals Mike Tyson's. He's also the best halfback in the NFL. Clark Cromwell, his fullback, is just the opposite. He's a born again Christian so straight he seems to have arrived via time warp from the 1950s. The two men share nothing in common - except the same girlfriend. Clark knows her as the beautiful young woman who's accepted Christ. Trane knows her as the temptress daughter of a Hollywood producer whose greatest pleasure in life is torturing men with her sexual appeal. When she winds up dead, the arm of the law ends up pointing at both men. Rare is the sports book - novel or nonfiction - that explores two of professional sports' dirtiest secrets: race and religion. After all, the playing field is supposed to make all men equal. "Double Reverse" tells us just the opposite - that players are prone to self-segregation, that money can't buy equality, and that the rise of fundamentalist athletes is as much a curse as it is a blessing. Green isn't the greatest of writers. His characters have a made-for-Lifetime quality. There's the master barrister who happens to be a stunning beauty. The detestable agent who kills wayward clients. The shoe magnate who exploits violence to sell sneakers. Despite these bigger-than-life characters, Green delivers an ingratiating, compelling story. "Double Reverse" may not be high literature, but it's good, guilty fun.

DOUBLE REVERSE tells the story of the football rivalry between saintly Clark Cromwell and the destructive Trane Jones, and the woman who manipulated both for her own twisted needs and desires. Her murder during a socialite party places both men on the suspect's list and it's up to Madison Mcall, D.A. to clear the name of Clark before possibly signing another football contract. This novel would have been better if it hadn't taken so long for the first murder to kick in, while the first 100 pages of the book was devoted to the descriptions and habits of the main characters. The book took too long to get a groove going, which was not a good thing. However, the double-dealing between agents, the attempted murder of Clark, the poolside bloodshed, and the shootout at the end of the story made up for the lackluster begining. A manageable read.