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Reviewed by Christian Sia for Readers' Favorite
The Illusion by Patrick Garry is a very fascinating story about an ambitious man, a man who is keen on his rise up the corporate ladder. An investment banker in a boom period for the stock market, Luke Sellmer’s ability to make money is uncanny and it begins to open many doors for him. He gains admission to one of the coveted elite groups in the country to which his fiancée belongs, and he has just been appointed as a financial advisor to an up and coming political star. Success seems to smile on him, but the more he rises, the more he is exposed, and his secret could finally come out, making things even more complicated for him. How will he handle this when all hell breaks loose?
This is a great story, a hard-to-put-down kind of book, a great success for a thriller with a lot to keep the reader guessing and following the characters. The story starts with one of the characters in jail, and I enjoyed the fact that he is presented in a way that arouses the reader's curiosity, wanting to know who he is and why is he being prosecuted. The chapters are short, and each ends with a powerful invitation, in fact, an irresistible invitation to the reader to turn to the next page. For instance, the first chapter ends with the following two phrases from the prosecutor: ‘“He is a man of secrets, of secrets turned evil,” the prosecutor had said in his closing statement. “He was a man of greed—of greed so intense he was willing to take a life,” he remembers the prosecutor saying.”’ I enjoyed the compelling and engaging prose, the lively and interesting conversations, and the well-measured chapters with perfect paragraph breaks that create a strong dramatic effect. This is a gorgeous story with rounded characters and a complex plot, a psychological thriller at its best.
