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Turncoat

Tekijä: Aaron Elkins

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"A headlong plunge into dark places and dark minds" from the Edgar Award-winning author of the Gideon Oliver Mysteries (Statesman Journal).   Pete Simon's all-American life was everything he ever wanted: a good home, a satisfying career, and a marriage still strong and loving after nearly twenty years. But in the days following the assassination of John F. 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. The man is a stranger to Pete--but not to his wife, Lily. Only later does the truth come out. The unwelcome visitor was Lily's father, who she had claimed died during World War II in their native France, executed by the Nazis. 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. 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. But each door Pete opens leads him deeper into a painful and shocking past that threatens everything he holds most dear. 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.… (lisätietoja)
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(7) well .. a mass market paperwork fobbed off on me by a relative who got it for 75 cents. But it wasn't half bad really. Set in post WW2 America, though I think perhaps written in the last decade, the author either did a commendable job of writing from a typical 1950's husband's viewpoint see: the weaker sex, or he has little knowledge of modern gender politics. One morning a nondescript history professor realizes his French wife isn't who he thinks she is. Her father - who is supposed to be dead - shows up at their front door and our protagonist is subsequently led on an intercontinental goose chase to save his wife from her past.

The wooden dialogue and simplistic narration is for the marginally educated masses. But actually I liked the plot, and I didn't guess the secret, and I enjoyed reading each night. That being said, I fell asleep easily and it aroused not much emotion in me, despite what should have been stirring subject matter of Nazi collaborators, executions, mysterious dreams (the best part.)

This was a decent mindless reading experience for an airport or a beach. I think I would classify as a sort of unisex chick-lit, if that makes sense. Apparently the author won an Edgar award which I thought was for slightly more high brow mysteries so perhaps I'll ferret out the novel of his that won next time I am in a used book store. ( )
  jhowell | Jan 27, 2023 |
Very different from Elkins' "Gideon Oliver" books. This is one is a much darker historical thriller, starting off in the early 1960's, and working back to wartime occupied France. The characters are compelling and the atmosphere powerfully re-created. What's most interesting, however, is the way in which it brings to the surface the ambiguity of so many people's actions during the occupation. ( )
  annbury | Sep 9, 2010 |
A good story and historically accurate as well. I had to write a paper on it and compare the historical context, there was a lot of (good) stuff to choose from. ( )
  beckylynn | Jan 2, 2008 |
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"A headlong plunge into dark places and dark minds" from the Edgar Award-winning author of the Gideon Oliver Mysteries (Statesman Journal).   Pete Simon's all-American life was everything he ever wanted: a good home, a satisfying career, and a marriage still strong and loving after nearly twenty years. But in the days following the assassination of John F. 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. The man is a stranger to Pete--but not to his wife, Lily. Only later does the truth come out. The unwelcome visitor was Lily's father, who she had claimed died during World War II in their native France, executed by the Nazis. 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. 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. But each door Pete opens leads him deeper into a painful and shocking past that threatens everything he holds most dear. 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.

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