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Eventually, of course, the scientists complete their bomb and Michael Connolly gets his man. If the historically based scenes seem a little flat (what fiction, after all, can compete with the reality of that first mushroom cloud?), the mystery at the heart of Los Alamos is brisk and entertaining, and the moral questions it poses give you something to ponder once the killer is uncovered. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Brilliantly captures the burgeoning cold-war paranoia (OBSERVER )
Echoes Robert Harri s' ENIGMA (DAILY TELEGRAPH )
This debut could do for the Manhattan Project what ENIGMA did for Bletchley Park. (THE BOOKSELLER )
Browse and search another edition of this book.
A MRS ROSA ORTIZ found the body. Read the first page
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He mixes the real characters from the time together with fictional ones in a seamless manner and his in-depth research shows, as the descriptions of the time and place are vivid.
The plot revolved around the murder of a security office who had been based on the 'hill' and the subsequent search by the protagonist 'Michael Connolly' to find his killer.
Aided in his search, is the wife of one of the professors working on the project, and the story develops into not only a murder-mystery but also a love story as the two are drawn closer together.
This is a fine novel from Kannon and I hope that his next endevour is as well researched and fast-paced as this one.
Whenever I read about the bomb I always consider the theory that it marks exactly a moment in time when man moved from the past to the present; the period when man could truly wipe himself from the planet forever. So to chose the conception of this as mere background to a story shows either confidence or arrogance by the author. In this case I honestly feel that the author just wanted to add colour to what was essentially a rather dry scientific experiment (albeit a big one).
The murder mystery is investigated by a character with good presence and intelligence. It was with genuine surprise that I discovered the culprit at the end, but then the author had been distracting me occasionally with the end of mankind as we know it at critical junctures(a good tool for all potential Agatha Christie's). The pace of the book perfectly equates to the hot environment portrayed within. It skulks along, but never plods, keeping us interested at all times. Yet taking a breather every now and then.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys crime novels within an interesting historical period. I would not forward it as a serious attempt to unravel the Manhattan Project though.
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