Bob Fiske – the 74-year-old dinosaur who’s taught Honors English and coached varsity football for five decades – is missing.To his Winners, class favorites Fiske designated over the years for their potential to “Live Big,” it’s heartbreaking. Fiske did more than inspire with soaring oratory; he supported their ambitions into adulthood. Four of his brightest former stars reunite to find him, … putting high-octane careers on hold, slipping police barricades, racing into the wilds of Northern Michigan for clues about the fate of their legendary mentor.Others don’t see a legend. They see an elitist whose time has passed.When a current student – female – disappears just hours into the Winners’ search amid rumors of inappropriate meetings, the Great Man’s reputation is a shambles.Feints, betrayal, explosive secrets from their own pasts: as facts emerge, each Winner must decide how far they’ll go for Fiske. Can the truth redeem him? Or has this cult of hyper-achievement spawned a thing so vile none of their lives will survive intact?
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WOW! You will never guess the, ‘Who Dun It’! This original and witty story will keep you reading even after you are told who it is. I give it a 4 star only because it was a bit hard to believe the ‘Why” part.
The ending will have you going “What?!”
So slow. SO bad.
The author is long on detail but very short on why anyone should care. Hard to say which character to dislike the most.
I had to finish it, I started speed reading at about halfway through and learned you can skip paragraphs and full pages and just check in on the dialogue to see how the pokey story is going.
Ridiculous errors… Doug is supposed to be some brilliant businessman who says “District’s six million in the red… Their IT must be cutting edge.”
Cutting corners. I think the author was going for cutting corners. Not stating the school’s IT department is leading the way into new technology development.
Take a hard pass on this book.
This could have been so much better without meandering thru the messed up head of the nerd. His fantasy life with his dream girl has little to do with the story. And, considering all the tech genius he is capable of, you would think the cops could at least ping his phone?
Totally unrealistic plot, but it could have been good. A group of elites drop everything they are doing to look for a missing teacher from their pasts, who told them they were special.
It didn’t make sense.
the twists and turns are very imaginative and well written. I could not put it down.
Didn’t care for it.
It was a slow starter for me but I’m glad I kept reading it. I wasn’t sure where this story was headed but a great surprise was in store. Totally enjoyable!
Very disappointing, did not finish the book, 2 paragraphs was enough.
Didn’t finish – not my cup of tea. The story and action seemed to crawl along.
I really identified with this book as I was a highly motivated high school student and later became very involved in marketing. Loved the plot of this book and well developed characters. Definitely a page turner.
This book was a great read.
Read about 20% and decided that I didn’t care about any of the characters so I gave up.
Enjoyed the thriller.
The story is about Bob Fiske who was a high school teacher who has mentored many students over the decade who are called as ‘Winners.’ Bob Fiske and the sixteen year old student whom he was teaching go missing and four of his former students get together to find him.
The plot itself was intriguing. The four students who got together were very realistic and to be honest their so-called perfection almost made them inhuman. But then all the characters have deadly secrets within them and it is obvious that the perfection is just a facade to hide the insecurities that they face. The author has done a brilliant job of portraying the characters and weaving the story together. Enjoyed it.
The Story of a group of overachievers who had been groomed by their high school teacher to become very successful in live. Even after graduation he supports this group in many different ways but not everybody is what they seem to be.
10 years after graduation this group gets back together because their beloved teacher has disappeared and they are ready to move heaven and earth to find him.
This book has a bit of everything. Typical high school atmosphere. Corporate politics. The influence a teacher can have on a student and how the students can be manipulated. Does the teacher really has the best interest at hand for his students or is their accomplishments to higher his own self worth.
The breakdown of a students self-esteem when she find a note with disappointment next to her name. Why was she a disappointment to her teacher. I loved the ending where the student finds her own strength to follow her own path. And no do go flipping to the end to see what happens because you will miss all the little twist and turns in the story. This is a great Psychological thriller.