The Millionaires

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Two brothers who are desperately chasing success get more than they bargained for in this suspenseful cat-and-mouse thriller of wealth, crime, and social climbing.

Two brothers. Three secret service agents. And millions for the taking.

Charlie and Oliver Caruso are brothers who work at Greene and Greene, a private bank so exclusive there's a $2 million minimum to be a client. But when the door of success slams in their faces, the brothers are presented with an offer they can't refuse: $3 million in an abandoned account that can't be traced. It's the perfect victimless crime. Charlie and Oliver opt to take the money, but get much more than they bargained for.

Now, with a lot of extra zeroes in their pockets and a friend found dead, the Secret Service and a female private investigator are closing in. Whose money did they take? How will they stay alive? And why is the Secret Service trying to kill them? Both Charlie and Oliver quickly realize it's not easy being The Millionaires.

©2002 by Forty-Four Steps, Inc., Alll Rights Reserved (P)2002 by Time Warner AudioBooks, a Division of the AOL Time Warner Book Group

Critic reviews

"A fast-paced, fresh-scrubbed tale of financial adventure." (Publishers Weekly)

Typical Meltzer

As always characters each have distinct personalities and the story has twists and turns right up to the end. Thoroughly enjoyed!

La sangre es màs fuerte que el aceite.

muy bueno Cómo se demuestra la unión familiar el bien y el mal y el narrador excelente un poco largo pero muy bueno debían hacer una película de esto

Fantastic

Where does The Millionaires rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is my first book by Brad Meltzer, and now I am a fan. Can't wait to read more by this author.

What did you like best about this story?

Fast paced mystery. The brothers were fun to follow in this story. The story line was interesting, although the premise was a bit unbelievable.

What does Scott Brick bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Scott Brick was fantastic as ever

A note to the book editor

a few things I hope you do not repeat with future books in this series include:
1. dramatic music between chapters - at the end of random chapters dramatic/suspenseful music would play before the narration began. I found it annoying.
2. the use of unnecessary extra descriptors/adjectives extending the length of the scenes by describing things that didnt matter and/or things that had been previously described, especially during suspensful parts of the book, was annoying and could easily be edited out to make a better book.
3. the repetition of lines from the end of one chapter and again at the begining of the next chapter using a different tone/inflection- why?!?
4. no reintroduction of characters from first 1/4 of book that reappeared in the last 1/4 of book proved to be a challenge to remember who they were and why they were important to the story line/how they fit in.

pretty good

Some gaps, and a hanging ending make me think may have wasted my time. oh well.

Possibly the best Meltzer to date

With "The Millionaires," Meltzer is finally hitting his stride. I like the way that he devises intricate plots within plots; but most of all, I enjoy his insider knowledge. In some of his other novels, like "The Tenth Justice," "The First Counsel," and "The Zero Game," Meltzer displays his (apparently) first-hand knowledge of Beltway politics. That impresses me enough; but, with "The Millionaires," Meltzer shows that he also knows a lot about high-level banking ??? and computers ??? and DisneyWorld! See if you can put those elements together. Never mind: "The Millionaires" has an ingenious plot that you will never guess. I recommend purchasing this audiobook, along with most of Meltzer's other audiobooks, with only two minor caveats: First, you should know that most of Meltzer's characters seem to be running on anger and hysteria, which annoys me a little, since I prefer it when my heros stay cool under pressure. Second, Scott Brick narrates all of Meltzer's audiobooks. Yeah, I know: Everybody else loves Scott Brick's narrations. And, I have to admit, Brick can definitely act. He has lots of accents and enough voices to distinguish the characters. It's just that VOICE. But never mind those minor quibbles. If you like thrillers, you will enjoy "The Millionaires."

Interesting Premise - Suspend Disbelief - Go w/It

Scott Brick is fabulous and spoils you, as far as what you expect from narrators. He kept the book moving along. The premise and portions of the plot are interesting and yet it is so far fetched that I certainly wouldn't rate this as a 5-star book. 3 1/2 is where I wanted to put my rating.

It's worth a credit and I'll be hopeful that Meltzer's next book is better. He has a lot of talent.

The Millionaires

Loved the humor, the plot and the chase scenes.

a Very Lengthy Suspense Story

The story had plenty of suspense and twists in the plot, but the ending was least than exciting. Because of the way scenes were dragged out combined with a less than exciting end, I found it disappointing.

Great Listen!

Loved it!! It was the best audio book I've listened to thus far. Check it out!