Turncoat
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00J84KO14 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 155 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Feeling like a sap, Pete decides to find her anyway, flying to Barcelona, where Vercier was apparently partner in an antiques dealership. Before the Simons can see the film, Vercier is murdered, and masked thugs break into their apartment, demanding to have it. . Lily had always maintained that her father had been shot by the Nazis in 1943; now, caught in her lie and troubled by unfathomable other secrets, she refuses to answer Pete's urgent questions. Still, this first-person novel captivates, largely because Pete's voice, a garlicky mix of France and Brooklyn, always sounds just right. From Publishers Weekly Best known for the witty, Francophiliac Gideon Oliver mystery series, Elkins here delivers a stand-alone thriller that probes wartime guilt from multiple angles. As Pete delves deeper into Vercier's past, he learns painful truths about Lily's family, finally conclud
clifford said Elkins comes close to pulling off a classic. Turncoat is a thriller for those who want a little something more in the writing department. Elkins as an author brings a flair for literature along with him as he crafts a nice taught little story here with 'Turncoat'.This story is not exactly like most of what you will find in the mystery/thriller genre. Elkins maturity pulls this story above the fray of Pat. fascinating thriller Peter and Lily Simon have been happily married for seventeen years. Although both were born in France, they met in England where he served during World War II as an army air officer and she worked at the nearby Free French headquarters. They have been living the American dream for years but it becomes a nightmare in 1963 when Lily's father knocks on the door.L. Aaron Elkins tries again Mike Garrison What is it that drives Elkins to write suspense stories about Americans getting caught up in European intrigue? He's demonstrated a fine ability to write technical murder mysteries (Gideon Oliver, Chris Norgren, the golf mysteries with his wife Charlotte), but he seems to want to write spy novels instead. And unfortunately, he's not quite as good at them.The f
Now, with a business card from an antiques dealer in Barcelona as his only lead, Pete sets out on a twisted and perilous journey that will carry him to places where the hideous crimes of the Nazis remain fresh in the minds of those who cannot forget or forgive. And suddenly he has become more than a confused and distraught husband; the bitter truths that he uncovers one by one in the search for Lily now make him—and her—the targets of desperate, dangerous men and their terrifying vengeance.. The next day, he truly is dead, his savagely beaten body washed up in a nearby marsh—and Lily disappears, leaving behind only a brief, enigmatic note asking Pete not to look for her. Kennedy, everything is about to change.It starts with the appearance of an old man at his door, ranting madly about money, death, and forgiveness. But in the days following the assassination of John F. But each door Pete opens leads him deeper into a painful and shocking