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Title: Desperate Measures

Author: David Morrell

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Fallen star journalist Matt Pittman holds a gun in his hand, ready to commit suicide until hes abruptly interrupted by a phone call and a bizarre assignment: to write the obituary of a man who is not yet dead. Suddenly, clinging desperately to a life hed so recently been eager to discard, Matt is thrust into the heart of a global conspiracy whose sinister machinations promise a terrifying endgame. He will find himself both a murder suspect by the police and a target for murder by invisible assassins determined to destroy him. Now Matt Pittman is on a desperate, great final story - and his last byline may be written on a tombstone.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

i love readin and rereading Daids stories. just so fast. good chaes story

Morrell never lets you down

Great book. Morrell is always a good read. The journey is a ride of suspense and surprise. Hang on because you'll be locked in and on from start to finish.

Desperate Measures by David Morrell

Great read, fast paced from the beginning. Great story line and characters. A must read if you love suspense books!!!

Morrell Always Measures Up as a Great Read

This is another great Morrell novel, a bit different in style to the usual Morrell adventure (more like a Harlan Coben adventure) and Matt Pittman is a lot more realistic every day person type character and differs substantially to the usual ex CIA, ex Special Forces male lead such as Stephen Decker (Extreme Denial), Mitch Coltrane (Double Image), Cavanaugh (The Protector) Malone (Burnt Sienna) and so on. Also the chapters are substantially shorter than usual in a similar layout format to James Patterson's novels. Being so may not be what some Morrell fans are after but this book's still a great read.

In Desperate Measures Matt Pittman's wife has left him, his 15 year old son is dead and he thinks he's got nothing to live for. He's about to pull the trigger of the pistol inside his mouth when the phone ring. On the other end is his editor Burt, the only man he can never be square with debt wise, who asks him to help wrap up the last week of the Chronicle's existence. Burt asks Matt to write an obituary on Johnathan Millgate who isn't dead yet. Visiting the man in hospital Matt witnesses Millgate being transferred against his wishes into an ambulance so grabs a taxi and follows. Soon he is fleeing for his life and is wanted for Millgate's murder and even though he wants to die, he isn't prepared to let someone else do it for him, at least before he has uncovered the truth.

Made It To Page 60, Then Skipped To The End

Apparently I'm the only person so far to agree with reviewer "davlo." I just read Morrell's "Long Lost," and though I found it interesting enough to finish, the words "movie-of-the week" occured to me early on. "Desperate Measures" also has this TV quality, especially the "Penguin-explains-everything-to-Batman" ending. The only thing missing would have been to strap our hero to a conveyor belt beneath a spinning sawblade.

There are themes for suspense novels which cause my eyes to glaze over as soon as I read the dust-jacket. 1.) A serial killer is on the loose. 2.) A terrorist/criminal/madman is about to acquire a weapon of mass destruction.