The Domino Game

By Greg Wilson

Pan Macmillan
513pp. $30

Reviewer: Pte John Welfare

Every once in a while a thriller comes along that really draws you in.

Unfortunately, The Domino Game is not one of those thrillers.

It’s the story of a Russian federal agent, Nikolai, who attracts the negative attention of the Russian Mob when he starts investigating a dodgy businessman.

Greg Wilson’s third novel has the potential to be truly gipping.

Unfortunately, he felt the need to justify his research by revealing as much as he could about the Russian mob as early as possible, which helps to strip away the shadow of uncertainty that could have made this book very hard to