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Noble Lies Review

After various adventures in a number of other parts of the world, including having served as a Marine during Desert Storm, Mark Rohr finds himself working as a bouncer in a Thai bar when he is fired for overzealously performing his duties. But the bar's owner and bartender, a long-time friend, steers him onto a job assisting a woman who is looking for her brother a year after the tsunami.

The client offers him 0 a week and a ,000 bonus if he finds the brother, who Mark believes was either lost to the giant wave or doesn't want to be found. The quest is complicated by a top gangster who also has a vested interest in finding the brother. And the race is on along the pirate-infested waters of Thailand and Malaysia. It is an exciting chase, filled with graphic descriptions of the devastation brought on by the tsunami, as well as the poverty and corruption in the country.

This novel is the third featuring globe-trotting Rohr, ranging from Singapore and the Raffles Hotel to Casablanca and Cairo, then to India and elsewhere. In each, he introduces a number of surprises, and Noble Lies is no exception. This reader could not even begin to anticipate how he would bring the novel to such a conclusion.

Noble Lies Overview

For Mark Rohr, a decorated Desert Storm vet, the last ten years have been filled with shady jobs like his current stint as a bouncer at a nameless whorehouse/bar in Thailand. When the beautiful and nave Robin Antonucci arrives in Phuket City from the States and hires him to help find her missing brother Shawn, Mark sees the chance to make some easy money.

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Customer Reviews

Back to the top - JGM - ODB, TX USA
Charles Benoit's third book (Noble Lies) brought back memories from his impressive first book (Relative Danger) with an action packed plot and vivid descriptions of exotic locales. Similar in style to a Mack Bolan type book, Benoit goes the extra mile by providing the reader extensive details of Thai culture. I give only a sling ding to a general lack of character development. The main characters never fully provoked much emotion as the story unfolded where I would feel a sad loss when characters suffered or joy when an antagonist was defeated. Overall, a very nice read and looking forward to another adventure.



Great adventure in Paradise - E-Z Jer' - Seattle USA
I loved 'Noble Lies', the title is very appropriate for the Thai Culture. Benoit's mini-lessons in Thai culture were accurate. And best of all, it was a fun trip through some of the places I want to visit on my next trip to Thailand. While I hated it to end it worked well and I did not see it coming. Read it first, then go play.



Fun Read and Good Take on Thailand - Bonner '62 - Virginia
The author has a good feel for Thailand that really makes this book. He sets the book in the South Thai beach resort area and knows enough about the area to make the details ring true. He also gets the delicate relationship between the local crime bosses and the police right. As with all the author's previous works it is the details of exotic locations that make the tale above average. One difference is that in this book the main character has been bouncing around the world since Desert Storm. In the others the hero was always a naif thrust by circumstances into fending for himelf in foreign locales. I like the naifs better but you'll still enjoy this one.



3.5 Stars - Fast-paced thriller - L. J. Roberts - Oakland, CA
Desert Storm vet Mark Rohr is now is post-tsunami Thailand. American Robin Antonucci want to hire him to find her brother, Shawn, who has been missing since the tsunami but Robin is certain she saw on a recent news video. What seems to be easy money quickly turns complicated with a Thai prostitute Pim claiming to be Shawn's wife, her elderly man and small boy, the surviving members of Pim's family, to protect from Jarin, a notorious gangster. Something about Robin's story just doesn't sit right either.

Benoit's major skill is sense of place. He gives us an uncompromising picture of post-tsunami Thailand and life among the homeless, dispossessed and criminal, and then takes us on a fast-paced trip half-way around the world. He also creates well developed, interesting characters, in whom I became invested. Finally, he gives us a high-action, unpredictable story with plenty of twists, turns and suspense to keep me turning the pages. I'll admit Benoit's first book, "Relative Danger" is still my favorite of his, but there's no question that the man can write.


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