The Great Train Robbery (13)

The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton
Read 4/26/09

I like Crichton's books, although sometimes they are heavy on confrontation. This book was a nice exception to this. Story set in the 1800's gives an interesting glimpse into what life was like back then, how people lived and were exploited by the system as well as each other.
The story is of a man intricately planning to rob a gold shipment from a train and is told as a narrative so there is lots of foreshadowing, over all a great story but I think it is the backdrop that really made this enjoyable for me.