Bait: A Novel
Aug 2013 · Sold by Penguin
4.2star
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No one is coming to your aid. We have ensured this.
Six strangers wake up on a remote island in the Florida Keys with no memory of their arrival. They soon discover their common bond: all of them are heroin addicts. As the first excruciating pangs of withdrawal make themselves felt, the six notice a yacht anchored across open water. On it lurk four shadowy figures, protected by the hungry sharks that patrol the waves. So begins a dangerous game. The six must undertake the impossible—swim to the next island where a cache of heroin awaits, or die trying. When alliances form, betrayal is inevitable. As the fight to survive intensifies, the stakes reach terrifying heights—and their captors’ motives finally begin to emerge.
Six strangers wake up on a remote island in the Florida Keys with no memory of their arrival. They soon discover their common bond: all of them are heroin addicts. As the first excruciating pangs of withdrawal make themselves felt, the six notice a yacht anchored across open water. On it lurk four shadowy figures, protected by the hungry sharks that patrol the waves. So begins a dangerous game. The six must undertake the impossible—swim to the next island where a cache of heroin awaits, or die trying. When alliances form, betrayal is inevitable. As the fight to survive intensifies, the stakes reach terrifying heights—and their captors’ motives finally begin to emerge.
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4.2
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Kev Gray
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September 8, 2023
Messum gives us an interesting take on a concept, which could've bombed (in less capable hands)... Before he even places any characters in risk (so to speak), he takes the time to let us know who these people ARE (in the hope of getting us to CARE about what actually happens to them). And more often than not, it works : the protagonists aren't exactly "good guys", but there's a stark contrast between them & those who we are supposed to view as the "bad guys". There's are layers to this storyline, and I found it worthy of peeling them back, to see what was beneath !!
Stone Toxin
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February 24, 2020
I loved this book. Honestly one of my favorites!
About the author
J. Kent Messum is an author and a musician, and always bets on the underdog. He lives in Toronto with his wife, dog, and three cats.
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