2002, ISBN: 9780812557152

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Secker & Warburg, 1947. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good - in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a long, closed, tear to the join of the lowe… Mehr…

Secker & Warburg, 1947. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good - in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a long, closed, tear to the join of the lower panel. Pages lightly age-tanned. . | Dust Wrapper over Blue boards with Yellow titling to the Spine. 7½" x 4¾". 256pp. Cover art by Margaret de Polnay. | 6th impression. [First Edition: 1943] From the cover: “One great book was bound to come out of the Fall of France, wrote an early critic of Death And Tomorrow. This opinion of the high quality of his book has been widely endorsed by reviewers and by readers who have been hoping that Peter de Polnay's lively and impertinent imagination would draw on the same rich material for an equally exciting novel.Here it is - water on the steps - the blue waters of the Mediterranean and the white marble steps running down into them. For the scene is set on the Riviera and the fast-moving plot is compressed into five days, centring round Jean le Goff's famous Reserve de Saint-Louis, once a renowned restaurant, but now innocent of clientele, and standing gaunt against the rising tide of future events.The owner is a farsighted Breton, symbol of endless time, living on alone with his English wife after the collapse of France, proud of his memories, and conscious of his duty to future humanity. He is devoted to his wife, and she to her nephew Charles, who early in the story risks life and liberty to rescue his wife Ann from German-infested Paris. Many will find devotion to a person or cause the most stirring theme throughout this book.Other inimitable characters wend their way into the story ; escaping English soldiers, two droll Italian expatriates, a preposterous princess of American birth, unscrupulous crooks from Marseilles. But above all there is the contagiously confident Armenian, Mr. Kotaklian, a pathetic if nefarious financier, the masterpiece of Peter de Polnay's invention, whose sordid but diverting past of shady deals makes grand reading. He is the driving force behind the main conspiracy for piloting to England gold stolen from the Banque de France. Mr. Kotaklian's meticulous schedules, his interviews with members of the German Armistice Commission, and his bid for final respectability in England, where his son is at school, are irresistibly recounted ; but the difficulties that beset Charles and Ann, a couple so typical of their age, provide a poignant undertone to the main story of greed and violence.”, Secker & Warburg, 1947, Forge Books, 2002. Forge Books 2002 New/ Editorial Reviews From A black belt in Sharin Ryu Okinawa karate, Singerman reprises his martial-arts hero Roland Troy and other characters from his well-received novel Prancing Tiger in this entertaining chiller that doubles as a morality tale exposing racism and anti-Semitism. The partner of Angela Becker, a beautiful, drag-racing ex-model turned Florida cop, is slain while investigating an elderly Austrian psychic's death in a commune of mediums and clairvoyants. To help Angela solve the case, McKenzie Rockett, Roland Troy's old sidekick, draws Troy out of seclusion in Vermont, where he has been mourning the death of his murdered wife. The trail leads Troy to a mammoth, well-guarded TV studio outside Orlando, which is actually the secret headquarters of a worldwide neo-Nazi hate organization headed by Novac DuCharme, a Machiavellian holdover from Hitler's regime. As the body count continues to rise, Troy calls his former CIA control, Jack Ubinas, for help. After Troy's old karate master enters the picture, the plot thickens as a cargo of plutonium bound for the ex-Nazi mastermind is hijacked from a freighter. Shadowy figuresAgood guys and badAmultiply as subplots reach into the past, involving refugees from WWII and the Holocaust. Predictably, Troy and Angela fall in love; unpredictably, the Feds bureaucracy comes riding in, pronounces the case closed and breaks up the task force. Just when all looks lost, the old karate master intervenes. Although the ending succumbs to melodrama, Singerman has a knack for constructing complex, even outlandish, plots without sacrificing the development of atmosphere and character. (Jan.) 2000 From BooklistThrillers featuring Nazi war criminals and their nefarious present-day schemes are not exactly hard to come by. Still, now and then a good one comes along that makes us overlook the cliches. Singerman uses the familiar formula--nasty villains, courageous good guys, and a twisted plot of global proportions--but he moves the story along briskly and generates considerable suspense with an engaging plot (involving some Nazi gold and secrets from the past) that builds to a satisfying and even somewhat moving ending. The lead characters, a retired undercover cop and his young, beautiful partner, are appealing, but the story could do with better-drawn supporting characters. Some of the lengthy passages of dialogue could stand a little trimming, too, but these are minor quibbles. On balance, this is a solid thriller that, with its high-concept story and larger-than-life villains, should appeal to anyone who is looking for another Boys from Brazil. David Pitt ¬ American Library Association. All rights reserved. Mass Market Paperback. New., Forge Books, 2002<

ISBN: 0812557158

After the brutal murder of his long-lost love, super-sleuth Roland Troy goes from rural Vermont to the swamplands of Florida, and into the mountains along the Austrian-Italian border, on … Mehr…

After the brutal murder of his long-lost love, super-sleuth Roland Troy goes from rural Vermont to the swamplands of Florida, and into the mountains along the Austrian-Italian border, on a hunt for the truth about one girl's past - and the history of an entire nation. literature and fiction,mystery,mystery thriller and suspense,spy stories and tales of intrigue,thrillers Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom<

2018, ISBN: 9780812557152

Letzte Aktualisierung am: 26.01.2018 11:29:34 Binding: Taschenbuch, Edition: New edition, Label: St Martin's Press, Publisher: St Martin's Press, NumberOfItems: 1, medium: Taschenbuch, nu… Mehr…

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