Clem Chamber’s Kusanagi book review - The perfect Thriller
The third instalment of Clem Chamber’s thrillers featuring stock market expert Jim Evans, Kusanagi, does not disappoint.
You might think ‘stock market’ and ‘thrillers’ would not normally fit together, but you haven’t read a Clem Chambers book!
The first novel, The Armageddon Trade, introduces the main character Jim Evans with a real page turner on financial markets and computer technology, blended with a serious terrorist threat.
The Twain Maxim builds on the character development and offers a fascinating insight into the world of trading. This time, Jim’s broker disappears whilst investigating a mine Jim has bought into. The mine is a scam and the man behind it eventually gets his comeuppance Jim Evans style.
Kusanagi continues the Jim Evans saga, but almost immediately obvious is a growth in Chamber’s writing. Kusanagi is a thriller, but it is also packed with some funny situations and clever one liners.
Clem Chambers has been compared to John Le Carre and Ian Fleming and rightfully so. I would also like to add Hemingway to this list for Chamber’s masterful and descriptive prose. You can throw in Lee Child and James Patterson to this mix as well, The author is on the same level.
Clem Chambers has a talent for bringing his knowledge of the stock markets to the page, but he does it in a compelling way.
Without being disrespectful to the Financial industry, Chambers writes so well he could probably do a riveting piece on paint drying.
Kusanagi is about a legendary Japanese sword that has been discovered, years after it went ‘missing’. Jim Evans ends up buying the sword. The value of the sword is so high it puts Jim and his immediate friends in grave danger.
What follows is the best instalment so far from Chambers, the book was devoured. The characters are all strong, the read is fast and exhilarating, the humour is bang on complete with a nice little twist at the end.
Simply put, there is nothing wrong with Kusanagi. But there is much that is so right.
If you are looking for a high octane, rewarding and totally compelling read, Kusanagi is it…
My only issue is that this is a trilogy of books that have so many filmic qualities to them, it’s an injustice that Hollywood have not come calling.
We had to wait a while for Tolkien’s trilogy to get to the silver screen (!), let’s hope these 3 are picked up sooner!
Kusanagi is my book of the year, I get through a fair few every month. You can buy your copy at Amazon today, with Paperback released 2nd July 2011.
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